Taiwo Oyedele, the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, has listed ways Tax Reforms will benefit Nigerians. Through a post on his X account on Monday, December 9, Oyedele highlighted ways households and individuals including the youth, small businesses, businesses and investments, high income earners and HNIs and subnational governments…
The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Prof. Joseph I. Ikechebelu, has ordered investigation into a shocking altercation in which a student allegedly bit and physically confronted her lecturer. A spokesman of the school, Njelita Louis, said the management of the institution would impose the appropriate sanction on any of the parties found culpable….
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has provided fresh details on the products being refined at the Port Harcourt Refinery. A statement released on Tuesday evening, and signed by Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, aimed to address misleading claims suggesting that the refinery is not producing products. According to the…
Hon. Mojisola Meranda officially resigned as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday. Here a 10 key points from her speech. 1. Resignation to Resolve Leadership Crisis – Meranda stated that she made a personal sacrifice by stepping down to end the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly….
The Oyo state Pacesetter Transport Services is set to expand its services with interstate movement and transportation of luggages tagged PTSExpress, GISTSMATE Media is reporting. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, new services will kickstart on 15th of December, PTS assured. “We are excited to announce the launch of our interstate movement, with…
A 38-year-old man, Samaila Salisu, has denied the paternity of his estranged wife, Maryam Ibrahim’s three-month-old pregnancy. Salisu told the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State that, he had s3xual intercourse with his wife only six times since they got married. Salisu said: “I had intercourse with her only six times since we…
The Lagos State Police Command, Onikan, has arrested a domestic staff, Salaudeen Abubakri for bolting away with his new employers Range Rover SUV in Lagos. The suspect, who was on Tuesday paraded before newsmen at the Zone 2 Police Command by the public relations officer in charge of the Zone SP Umma Ayuba, claimed that…
A fire outbreak at the Islamiya school in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State has led to the death of 17 Almajiri students. The fire incident which started on the night of Tuesday, February 4, was said to have lasted for about three hours leaving the children dead and about 16 others injured. Speaking…
President Donald Trump has lifted U.S. sanctions imposed by his predecessor on extremist settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in a reversal praised by the Israeli far right. Then-President Joe Biden’s administration had imposed sanctions on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians. The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had…
The Arewa Youth Congress has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to national unity, fairness, and inclusive leadership in response to the recent transition at the Dental Therapists Registration Board of Nigeria (DTRBN). Addressing a press briefing held at the Arewa House Auditorium in Kaduna, the Congress commended the Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social…