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An official of the NNPC Limited has revealed that with N5 million only, anyone can smuggle trucks of petroleum products out of Nigeria. The Chief Financial Officer of NNPC Limited, Umar Ajia, disclosed this on […]

Agba Jalingo is a journalist and publisher of an online newspaper, Cross River Watch. The publication has taken him on a collision course with the authorities of his home Cross River State several times, in particular […]

JANET OGUNDEPO, who visited some hospitals, writes about how easy it’s to get a death certificate with N10,000 for the living With the payment of N10, 000, sixty-six year-old Esther Ojo (purportedly a living person) who […]

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) explained why the cost of conducting elections in Nigeria is high. He said this on Friday when he appeared at the ‘The Editors’ […]

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has declared that the commission would deepen the deployment of appropriate technology for the conduct of elections, re-assuring Nigerians that the 2023 general election […]

The senate committee on finance has kicked against a N6 trillion tax and import duties waivers in the 2023 proposed budget. The committee said this on Tuesday during a panel meeting between Zainab Ahmed, minister […]

Last week, the Group Managing Director of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, headlined the State House media briefing, expressing concern about the menace of oil theft undermining Nigeria’s production and consequently fiscal capacity. Mr Kyari blamed various […]

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says the federal government has suspended a five percent excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. According to The Punch, Pantami announced this on Monday during the […]

Terrorists posing as bandits have threatened to kill DPO Sani Muhammad Gyadi-Gyadi of Birnin-Gwari Divisional Headquarters in Kaduna State if a ransom of N80 million is not paid on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. This new […]

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company has been granted a Switching and Processing Licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)— widely regarded as CBN’s most valuable payments processing license. This licence allows Flutterwave to […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it deducted N448.78 billion in July to cater for subsidy payments. The company said in its monthly presentation to the federation account allocation committee (FAAC) meeting on […]

The federal government says Nigerians need to respect the immigration laws of other countries to avoid “unwarranted treatment”. On Wednesday, a viral video of Nigerians reportedly stranded at the Dubai international airport surfaced on social […]

Organisers of this year’s power sector awards have stated that the challenges facing the sector are hindering it from delivering on the benefits of privatisation in terms of reliable electricity supply. However, the group mentioned […]

The ongoing tight monetary policy of major central banks around the world, as well as domestic factors, including scarcity of foreign exchange, widespread insecurity, and pre-election jitters, will lead to further decline in foreign capital […]

International Air Transport Association (IATA), yesterday, applauded Nigeria’s decision to release $265 million of foreign airlines’ funds stranded in the country, urging the operators to keep serving the market. IATA, which is the umbrella body […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its national executive council (NEC) has resolved to convert the roll-over strike into a “comprehensive, total and indefinite” strike. Emmanuel Osodeke, the president of the union, said […]