President Bola Tinubu has unveiled a new Personal Income Tax Calculator designed to help Nigerians understand how the recently signed tax reforms will affect their incomes. The digital tool, which can be accessed at fiscalreforms.ng, allows citizens to input details such as their annual income, pension and health contributions, and housing expenses to compare current
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, has denied being in a supremacy battle with any monarch in Yorubaland or beyond. The monarch made this clarification in a statement issued by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, on Thursday, August 21, 2025, in Ibadan. The clarification comes in the wake of rising
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered over ₦5 billion and $10 million from contractors and officials indicted in the controversial turnaround maintenance projects of Nigeria’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri. The commission is also working to trace and recover an additional ₦10 billion and $13 million believed to have been
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to keeping Nigeria attractive to global energy investors by sustaining policies and incentives that encourage fresh capital inflows into the oil and gas sector. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, gave this assurance during an inspection visit to the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture Escravos Gas-to-Liquids
The Federal Government has withdrawn the criminal charge against Ms. Comfort Emmanson, the passenger involved in an unruly incident aboard an Ibom Air flight on August 10, 2025, and has reduced the flight ban placed on Fuji music star Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, to one month. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace
President Bola Tinubu has approved a series of appointments to governing councils and key leadership positions in federal universities nationwide. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu named Hon. Chisom D. Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. Obih’s
Comfort Emmanson, a female passenger on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been remanded to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre following a disruptive incident on board the aircraft. The episode, which quickly went viral on social media, has drawn national attention and stirred public debate. According to reports from airline staff and eyewitnesses,
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has temporarily withdrawn access to the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates due to technical issues discovered after the results were released. In a statement issued by its Public Affairs Department, WAEC revealed that the glitch was linked to a new security feature
The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured a $25.35 million concessionary loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to help address the growing number of out-of-school children in Kaduna State. This funding is part of a broader $62.8 million blended finance package involving international development partners. It is aimed at expanding access to
Maritime industry experts have raised concerns over Nigeria’s persistent loss of more than $500 million annually due to the absence of a structured and regulated shipbroking system. This loss, they say, is largely tied to the informal nature of vessel chartering and the lack of professional oversight in the maritime sector. Speaking with journalists in
