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The Federal Government has announced plans to strategically refinance the nation’s expensive debt portfolio to reduce debt service costs and ease the burden of borrowing on the nation’s finances. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the […]

Minister of innovation, science and technology, Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet amid allegations of forgery levelled against him. The president’s special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the resignation in a statement issued on Monday, noting that the President had accepted it “in good faith.” Nnaji’s travails […]

Newly appointed attorney-general and commissioner for Justice in Kano State, Barr Abdulkarim Maude, has vowed to instill discipline among state lawyers and introduce reforms to ensure speedy dispensation of justice and decongestion of prisons in the state. In his maiden press briefing in his office at the secretariat of the ministry, Maude expressed appreciation to […]

Many residents of Kaduna State are groaning under the weight of soaring house rents as landlords and agents continue to hike prices in significant parts of the State. LEADERSHIP gathered that landlords and agents have raised rents in Ungwan Maigero, Karji, Narayi and Barnawa, making accommodation difficult for many low- and middle-income earners. In some […]

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the deductions of various taxes and charges from civil servants’ salaries and earnings. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by the House Chief Whip, Hon. Usman Kumo, at plenary on Tuesday. Moving the motion, Kumo said the deductions aligned with government policies […]

The Asagba of Asaba, His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof.) Epiphany Azinge (SAN) has emphasised the need for a befitting national monument in honour of the victims of the Asaba massacre, reaffirming that the Asaba people deserve a formal apology from a sitting president for the injustice of the killings. The monarch made the call on […]

Through its committee on Public Accounts, the Senate declared Tuesday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) has responded to 19 queries raised against it in the Audit reports of 2017 to 2023. On July 29th this year, the Committee gave the Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Engineer Bayo Ojulari, three weeks to respond to […]

The chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has said that about 98 per cent of Nigerian workers would be exempted from the pay-as-you-earn tax (PAYE) system next year when the new tax laws that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed take effect. Oyedele emphasised that the new tax laws do […]

President Bola Tinubu has sent a request to the House of Representatives seeking approval to access aggregate external capital of $2.347 billion. Tinubu in a separate letter to Speaker Abbas Tajudeen at plenary on Tuesday also sought the resolution of the House to approve the issue of a stand-alone debut Sovereign Sukuk of up to […]

National coordinator of Young Christian Democrats (YCD), Mr Ezekiel Dinfa, has declared that only a president who is a northern Christian can protect Christians in the region from Islamist extremism and terrorism which is currently engulfing Northern Nigeria and threatening the over 250 northern minorities who have for centuries, maintained their identities. Dinfa said this […]