The Senate on Thursday passed the four tax bills for second reading through voice votes. On October 3, President Tinubu Bola forwarded the four tax reform legislation to the National Assembly for review. Governors from the North and other interested parties opposed the tax reforms, which led to controversy. The Presidency expressed concern over the…
A statement by Senior Special to The President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha on Wednesday, said Shettima will be attending the opening ceremony of the International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources (SIREXE) 2024 conference. The SIREXE conference is an international event organised by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire…
The Acting Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, has pledged to bring lasting peace to the country if confirmed in a substantive position. He said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Defence and Army at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on Wednesday. He stressed that the security environment…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Paris, France, on a three-day state visit. Tinubu landed at Orly Airport in Paris at 5.10 pm local time on Wednesday. His visit to Paris is at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. The visit aims to bolster political, economic, and cultural ties between the two nations, with…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jamiu Abiola as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Linguistics and Foreign Matters. Abiola is one of the children of the winner of the 1993 presidential election annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida, the late Chief Moshood Abiola. He was formerly appointed the Special Assistant to…
The House of Representatives has passed the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework & Fiscal Strategy Paper for 2025-2027. In passing the MTEF, the Committees on Finance, Petroleum Upstream, and Petroleum Downstream were tasked to investigate reports from the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Responsibility Commission alleging that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s withheld ₦8.48 trillion as claimed…
