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The 36 State Governors under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have declared support for the tax reform bills presently before the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. The Governors rose from a meeting with the Taiwo Oyedele-led presidential tax reform committee and declared in a…

Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded in 1956, has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based highly-talented, young Nigeria-born footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah. The official unveiling of the young promising footballer was carried out on Saturday, January 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that its troops successfully neutralized 10,937 terrorists and recovered 8,815 weapons, along with 228,004 rounds of ammunition during operations conducted between January and December 2024. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, in a briefing  stated that this achievement underscores the…

It is important to address the concerns raised in Farooq Kperogi’s recent article, “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC”, and to clarify some of the misconceptions about the operations and leadership structure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. First, employment, promotions, appointments, and movements of business leaders at the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Ltd. from MTN Nigeria’s network due to its failure to settle interconnect charges. This decision was announced in a public notice signed by Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, on Friday, December 27, 2024. The Exchange Telecommunications…

Former Leader of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, declared on Sunday that the North is not parasitic in nature particularly when matters of economic survival are concerned. Ndume who represents Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, noted that all states, zones and regions in the country need each…

Records on Private Member Bills sponsorship among serving Senators in the 10th National Assembly , obtained from Rules and Business office , indicated that the Deputy President of the Senate , Senator Barau Jibrin , tops with 21 bills within the last 18 months . One of the 21 private…

Tabby Brown, a Playboy model and ex-girlfriend of footballer Raheem Sterling, has passed away. She died soon after having a Brazilian Butt Lift in the Dominican Republic. An investigation showed that she had secretly gone for the surgery, which involved liposuction, in October 2023, while telling her family she was…

The death toll from the tragic stampede at a children’s funfair held at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, has risen to 35, with six others critically injured, according to the Oyo State Police Command. Police spokesperson Adewale Osifeso, in a statement on Thursday, revealed that the event’s organisers, including Naomi…

Nigeria’s internet subscriber base grew by 1.88 million in October 2024, reaching 134.78 million, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Mobile networks dominated with 134.27 million users, while fixed wired and VoIP contributed the rest. MTN Nigeria led the growth, adding 1.13 million subscribers to total 69.52 million, followed…