Opinion

    The Federal Government has said that all income earned in Nigeria, including money made by ‘runs girls,’ is taxable under the law.   Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, stated this in a now-viral video from a tax education session by ...

    Canada on Monday declared India’s Bishnoi gang a “terrorist entity,” targeting a group linked to a murder that triggered a breakdown in relations between Ottawa and New Delhi last year.   Canada has accused the notorious syndicate — known for assassinations and extortion in India — of possible ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated the leader of the All Progressives Congress in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Adebisi Yusuf, on his birthday.   The President conveyed his congratulations through a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.   “I join ...

  The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has disclosed that Nigeria went over a decade without attracting any new investments in the oil sector until the advent of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.   According to the minister, the stagnation crippled growth and weakened confidence in the industry, but ...

    The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the fight against poverty and the pursuit of national development cannot be left to the government alone, stressing the need for collective responsibility by faith-based organisations, the private sector and individuals.   Abiodun made the call in Lagos on Tuesday ...

    The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over the rising cases of attacks and killings of security personnel across the country.   Obi, in a post via his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, described the spate of violence ...

    The Olofin of Isheri, Oba Sulaiman Bamgbade, Ayodele III, has handed over a newly built Isheri High Court to the Ogun State Government, in what he described as a contribution to strengthening the state’s justice delivery system.   The monarch said the gesture was driven by a desire ...

  The presidential candidate of the defunct Nigeria for Democracy in the 2019 election, Asuquo Archibong, has said that the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State and subsequently suspended is not about Governor Siminalayi Fubara.   This is as he commended President Bola Tinubu for ending the six-month emergency rule ...

  A former Big Brother Naija housemate Victoria Adeyele, popularly known as Vee, has sparked a major online discussion after revealing her personal dating philosophy.   In a video shared on her TikTok page on Tuesday, the 29-year-old stated that it is her “mission in life to avoid the wrong ...

  The African Democratic Congress has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against interfering in the affairs of state governments, declaring that the Nigerian Constitution does not empower the President to hire or fire elected governors.   ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, on Thursday, emphasised that ...