50 Percent Increase in VAT: Matters Arising
On September 11 this year, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister, briefed State House Correspondents, of Government’s plan to raise the Value Added Tax rate by…
Supreme Court and the Atiku Election Petition
Last week, The Supreme Court of Nigeria announced its verdict in the matter between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives…
Exclusive: 2023 – How the Cabal Plans to Clip Osinbajo, take down Tinubu
With the 2019 presidential election all but done and dusted, the last may not have been heard of the face-off between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Cabal in the…
Presidency Releases More Records of Obono-Obla’s Alleged Wrongdoing
The presidency yesterday reeled out several records of wrongdoing allegedly committed by the suspended Chairman of Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, saying…
Again Court Asks PSC, Police to Maintain Status Quo on Recruitment
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday urged the police and the Police Service Commission (PSC) to respect his order directing them to maintain status quo…
Presidency defends Buhari’s Globe-trotting
Nigeria’s Presidency said President Muhammad Buhari’s frequent trips abroad are not for “sightseeing” but a benefit to the country’s economy. “The President’s trips are not sightseeing trips, they are justified…
Border closure indefinite as FG lists tough conditions for reopening
The federal government yesterday listed conditions to be met by Benin and Niger Republics before the country would reopen its borders for goods importation. This came after the Comptroller General…
Niger Delta “Vultures” after me, Akpabio cries out
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has cried out that people he called the Niger Delta Vultures are after him, but denied the insinuation going round that…
President Buhari Signs Amended Deep Offshore Act
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act. According to the President, “Today is an important day for all Nigerians – but particularly the young generation.…
2023: PDP Considers Ibrahim Dankwambo/Nysom Wike Presidential Ticket
With last Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment, which drew the curtains on the 2019 presidential election, stakeholders in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have returned to the political chessboard…