NATIONAL NEWS

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has summoned an emergency meeting over the worrying state of insecurity in the nation’s capital.  The security situation in the area has worsened in the last months with kidnappers and bandits running rampage in some parts of the FCT. But worried over the development, Wike […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced the postponement of the implementation guidelines for the value-added tax simplified compliance regime on the supply of low-value goods through digital means by non-resident suppliers. In a statement, it said the postponement was to allow the Service to conclude the development of a seamless process for the […]

The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed its consumer price index, and the CPI report for December was released on Monday. The figure represents the twelve consecutive times the country’s inflation soared in 2023. On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 7.58% points higher compared to the rate recorded in December 2022, which was […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has stated that Nigeria’s participation at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) will provide an opportunity to woo foreign investors to Nigeria.  The Vice President Kashim Shettima is the leader of Nigeria’s delegation to the annual event at Davos, Switzerland.  No fewer than 52 other Heads of […]

President Bola Tinubu arrived Owerri, the capital of Imo state, on Monday, January 15, at around 1:00pm to attend Governor Hope Uzodimma’s second-term inauguration.  The president had earlier participated in a wreath-laying ceremony for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Governor Uzodimma, along with several other prominent government officials and leaders from the South-East state, […]

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have continued to comb bushes and shanties in border areas between the FCT, Niger, Kaduna, and Nasarawa States, in a bid to rescue the remaining 23 victims that were abducted by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja on January 3. It was gathered that the FCT […]

A bandit gang, armed with sophisticated weapons including AK-47 rifles, has attacked a joint military camp at Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina. A security source attached to the camp on Monday, said that the attack was carried out at about 11:30 pm on Sunday. The hoodlums destroyed vehicles and some valuables […]

President Bola Tinubu has performed the wreath-laying ceremony with other dignitaries to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abuja. All services chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Christopher Musa, and heads of other security agencies among others also took part in the ceremony. They also laid wreaths during the […]

To finance Nigeria’s N28.8 trillion budget, the federal government will eliminate the reliance on Ways & Means, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said. The minister on Monday said the federal government would rather focus on bolstering revenue and driving economic growth. According to Mr Edun, the federal […]

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has faulted officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service for asking people, especially married women to come to the headquarters in Abuja to effect a change of name on their passport. Speaking at a recent dinner with members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ABAT Media Centre and some social media […]