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The Chief Executive and Tax Ombud, Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO), Dr John Nwabueze, has called for stronger collaboration among tax and revenue-generating agencies to promote fairness, transparency and trust in Nigeria’s tax administration. Nwabueze made the call on Thursday in Abuja at a stakeholder engagement organised by the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), has said the Federal Government’s signing of the Deep Offshore Oil and Gas Projects Incentives (Tax Remission) Order, 2026, will unlock more than $50 billion in new investments and accelerate growth in Nigeria’s oil production. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced that 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), representing 81.50 per cent of the 2,339,233 registered voters in Osun State, have been collected ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. The Commission disclosed this on Thursday, two days before the August 15, 2026 election, noting that…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has given winners of the 2025 Licensing Round a 90-day deadline to fulfil all post-award obligations or forfeit their allocated oil and gas assets, warning that defaulting bidders will automatically lose their entitlement to the acreage. The warning came on Tuesday at the…

Residents in vulnerable communities across 17 states, including Lagos, Anambra, Edo and Kano, have been placed on medium flood alert for the next seven days and advised to relocate from flood-prone areas and take precautionary measures against possible inundation, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has said. According to the…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Wednesday, shared a total of ₦2.550 trillionamong the federal government, the 36 states, and the 774 local government councils as revenue allocation for June 2026. A statement signed by the Director of Press in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation,…

The Federal Government has inaugurated a nine-member inter-agency committee to coordinate the implementation of the Electricity Act, 2023, in a fresh move to fast-track the decentralisation of Nigeria’s electricity market and address regulatory and operational challenges arising from the ongoing power sector reforms. The committee, inaugurated on Wednesday at the…

As House of Representatives moves to strengthen President Tinubu’s police decentralisation agenda, the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, has suggested measures to be put in place for the actualisation of a better decentralised police structure in Nigeria. While commending President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for leading the move to…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to the Federal Government, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a judgment delivered…

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued a medium flood risk advisory for 13 states across the country, warning that localized flooding is expected along major river channels between July 14 and July 20, 2026. According to the agency, communities located around Saminara on the Karam River, Waya Dam…