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Electricity consumers across Nigeria failed to pay N70.25 billion in May 2025, according to the latest commercial performance report released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The 12 electricity distribution companies billed a total of N261.82bn during the month but collected only N191.57bn, representing a collection efficiency of 73.17 per cent. This marked a 4.42 […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has discontinued the issuance of tax exemption certificates to all categories of taxpayers, including pioneer status companies, non-governmental organisations, and free zone entities. In a public notice signed by its Executive Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, the agency declared that no further tax exemption certificates would be issued, warning that previously granted […]

Importers have dropped petrol prices below the price offered by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, sparking a new wave of competition. This comes amid a call by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, for the Federal Government to ban fuel importation. Findings by our correspondent showed that some filling stations now sell petrol […]

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has raised concerns over the extravagant spending habits of Nigerian state governors, warning that such alleged fiscal recklessness deepens inequality and undermines public trust in governance. In a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, the embassy shared a recent investigative report by The Africa Report […]

President Bola Tinubu  The political and civic leadership of Northern Nigeria converged in Kaduna on Tuesday for a landmark assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, an event that laid bare deep divisions within the region over claims of marginalisation and the performance of the Federal Government. While some stakeholders lauded Tinubu’s developmental strides and appointments […]

President Bola Tinubu The long-simmering debate over Nigeria’s power rotation arrangement flared up again on Tuesday as northern political leaders, technocrats, traditional rulers, and civil society actors converged on Kaduna to assess President Bola Tinubu’s performance two years into his tenure. The high-powered meeting, convened by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation and held at […]

Former SGF, Babachir Lawal Ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has stated that all elected officials in the North, including governors seeking re-election, will not be re-elected unless they join the opposition African Democratic Congress. He declared this during an interview on Trust TV’s Sunday Politics, Lawal alleging that the ruling […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Omoluabi Progressives, led by Alhaji Issa Adesiji Azeez, has congratulated former Interior minister and ex-Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on his confirmation as the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja. The group described the ratification as a personal triumph […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Marine and Blue Economy minister, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, has been summoned by the House of Representatives over the stalled multi-billion-naira inland port project. Also summoned with him is the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, Managing Director, Bola Oyebamiji Oyetola was also the immediate former governor of Osun State on the banner […]

Nigeria has condemned the reported protest by some Ghanaians against Nigerian residents in that country, asking that they be deported home. Categorically, she told the protesters that Nigerian citizens are not criminals. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Chairman/CEO, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, while reacting to the protest, said the blanket outrage against Nigerians living in […]