The national assembly is considering a bill proposing an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. VAT refers to a consumption tax on goods and services levied at each stage of the supply chain where value is added. In the executive bill seen by TheCable on Sunday, the national assembly…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking on Thursday at the Kano State Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment, Kwankwaso said the national resources have been concentrated on the development of the southern part of the country, while the north is…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially launched his campaign for the 2027 presidential election. Makinde’s supporters have already begun rallying behind him, using the hashtag #MakindeForPresident to promote his candidacy. At the moment, the governor is hosting PDP press corps members in Ibadan, where he is showcasing his projects in the southwest states. Interestingly,…
Florence Nwaeke, wife of former Head of Service, George Nwaeke, has raised alarm over her husband’s whereabouts following a controversial interview and his sudden disappearance. Speaking to journalists late Friday, Mrs. Nwaeke expressed fears for her husband’s safety, stating that she lost contact with him after he arrived in Abuja earlier in the day. “When…
It was a colourful moment on the 14th. March, 2025 at the Rivers State Police Officers’ Mess, Old GRA, Port-Harcourt when the Police Command in a collaborative effort with Honorary Members of the Police Officers’ Mess gathered to honour the erstwhile Commissioner of Police, who was elevated to Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) AIG Mustapha…
A woman in South Korea is facing criminal charges after she allegedly set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, a blaze that led to the death of her neighbour, according to reports by PEOPLE and the BBC. According to PEOPLE, which reported the incident on Wednesday,…
The Nigeria Customs Service has said an officer who was accused of extorting N1m from a Nigerian returning from the United States of America, Oke Adhekegba, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, took tax from the passenger and not a bribe. The officers identified as K.O. Adebayo and C.C. Ugboma, had accosted the returnee at…
The Federal Ministry of Education has released the list of candidates admitted into the nation’s 115 federal unity colleges for the 2024/2025 session. To this end, the ministry has advised parents and guardians to verify their wards’ admission status by visiting the website of the ministry: [www.education.gov.ng and (http://www.education.gov.ng. The ministry’s Director, Press and Public…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday officially responded to public complaints about its recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. The Board described as the complaints as “unusual complaints” while adding that it came from few states of the Federation. While JAMB said it acknowledges the complaints, it is currently fast forwarding…
President Bola Tinubu is reportedly set to finalise and announce the appointment of Nigeria’s new ambassadors to foreign missions worldwide. This development follows months of diplomatic gaps and mounting pressure over the country’s absence of envoys abroad, which has persisted for two years since the worldwide recall of the previous ambassadors. According to Arise News,…
