Nigeria’s Tinubu signs major tax overhaul

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed four landmark bills into law aiming to overhaul the country’s tax system, after backing away from more controversial tweaks that would have upended…

Tinubu to sustain reforms with 2025 budget

Nigeria’s president said Wednesday the reforms undertaken by his administration have yielded results and there will be no reversals. Presenting the country’s 2025 budget to lawmakers in the capital Abuja,…

Senate Suspends Action On Tax Bills Ahead Of Meeting With AGF

Senate Suspends Action On Tax Bills Ahead Of Meeting With AGF

Nigeria tightens security for hardship protests

Nigerian troops and police tightened security in Lagos and the capital Abuja on Thursday as they prepared for planned protests over the cost of living. Africa’s most populous country is…

Tinubu suspends welfare scheme over scandal

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday suspended a major national welfare programme designed to help ease poverty, a spokesman said, amid a spiralling corruption scandal. The National Social Investment…

Tinubu suspends Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Betta Edu

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, with immediate effect. Recall that the Presidency had said the appropriate authorities are investigating…

2024 Budget: Tinubu directs MDAs to provide monthly performance reports

Tinubu assured Nigerians that the implementation of the budget would be vigorously monitored.

World Bank urges Nigeria to do more with reforms

The World Bank has recognised the advances of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tough economic reforms, but urged more progress on medium-term fiscal and monetary measures, it said in a…

Labour Minister Lalong may quit Tinubu’s cabinet

Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, has picked up his certificate of return as Senator of Plateau South in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Lalong, a two-term…

Tinubu cancels 40% IGR deduction from universities

President Bola Tinubu has succumbed to the cry from different quarters and stopped the 40% deduction from universities’ Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Speaking at an ongoing 75th Founder’s Day ceremony…

Tinubu heads to Germany for G-20 Conference in Berlin

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Saturday, leave Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G-20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf…

Tinubu to attend Guinea-Bissau’s independence anniversary Thursday

President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday join other Heads of State and Government in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, to celebrate the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary and Armed Forces Day. Chief Ajuri Ngelale,…

APC to honour former President Buhari, Tinubu, others

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to honor some of its pre-performing governors and lawmakers elected on its platform with a Productivity Award on Nov. 25 in Abuja.…

Tinubu expresses grief over passing of Sheikh Yusuf Ali

President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the death of the foremost Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yusuf Ali, who died in the early hours of Monday at the age of 73.…

Tinubu sympathises with Canada over fire incident at Embassy in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has sympathised with the government of Canada over a fire incident at its high commission in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja. A section of the Canadian…