Marketers plan petrol import as NNPCL, Dangote’s talks drag
Oil marketers may begin the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following the recent declaration by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited that it would only fully…
Oluwafemiayo breaks para-powerlifting record, wins gold as Nigeria claims 7th medal
Folashade Oluwafemiayo, the Nigerian athlete, has broken her world record in the women’s over 86kg para-powerlifting category. The Team Nigeria captain at the 2024 Paris Paralympics ended the country’s participation…
Nigeria’s VAT revenues rise 9.11% to N1.5trn in Q2 2024
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the country generated N1.56 trillion as value-added tax (VAT) between April and June this year. The figure represents an increase of 9.11…
VAT remains at 7.5%, says Wale Edun
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minisiter for the Economy, Wale Edun has said that the federal government has not increased the value-added tax (VAT) to 10 percent. In a…
48 passengers, 50 cows killed in Niger tanker fire
At least 48 persons were confirmed dead in the petrol tanker explosion on Sunday were given a mass burial in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State. Sources…
JUST IN: DSS arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero
Operatives of the Department of the State Services have arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. It was learnt that Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning…
Three die in Lagos road crashes
Three people lost their lives, while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries, in multiple accidents along the Maryland axis of Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday. The…
Opay, Moniepoint now to pay levies on transactions
Two fintech companies: Opay and Moniepoint, have revealed that the Federal Government has imposed a N50 Electronic Money Transfer Levy from every inflow of N10,000 and above received by…
Presidency speaks on Nigerian-flagged yacht spotted in France
The Presidency has reacted to reports on social media that a luxury yacht spotted with the Nigerian flag in St. Tropez, a coastal town in France, belongs to…
Decomposing bodies still litter our community after terrorist attack – Survivors of Yobe massacre
Survivors of last Sunday’s terrorist attack on Babbangida community in the Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State have recounted their horrific experiences. The attack, which claimed the lives…
