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  Wealthy Nigerians earning ₦100m and above monthly will face a 25 per cent personal income tax rate if a new tax bill is passed by the National Assembly. This was stated by the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and ...

  Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a motorcycle-snatching syndicate terrorising the Owode-Egba area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a telephone ...

  President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the former Governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, over the demise of his wife, Tinuade. The President extended his condolences to the former Governor’s family, associates of the spouse, ...

  The Ogun State Government has called on religious leaders, community heads teachers and stakeholders to help sensitise residents of the state on need their children to be vaccinated against measles. The state government during an advocacy meeting with the ...

  Nigeria’s national electricity grid has suffered its second collapse in just 24 hours, plunging millions into darkness. Electricity distribution companies (DisCos), including Eko and Kaduna, confirmed the collapse, which occurred at 9:17 am on Tuesday. “We are currently working ...

  The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended another lecturer, Dr. Joseph Idung from the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, amid ongoing suspensions within the institution. A suspension letter from Registrar Gabriel Egbe indicates that Dr. Idung failed to return funds ...

  The Police Command in Lagos State says a 45-year old man, simply identified as Kazeem, has allegedly jumped into a river and d!ed after taken hard drug suspected to be Colorado. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this ...

  The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,680 per dollar in the parallel market compared to N1,690 per dollar last weekend. Similarly, the Naira appreciated to N1,552.92 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed ...

  The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has stated that five Nigerian airports are set for concession. The Minister made this known while receiving the Regional Vice President of Africa and Middle East of the International Air Transport ...

  The Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Israel Adesanya, has shared a heartfelt tribute to his late daughter, Fatima. Adesanya expressed gratitude to God for the time they shared with Fatima, saying: “My daughter Fatima departed ...

  A 15-year-old Senior Secondary School (SSS) Student, Master Chinaemere Opara, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Universities Commission (NUC) over the introduction of a new admission policy. Opara, ...

  The Federal Government has rescinded its decision to ground 60 private jets owned by various individuals in Nigeria over unpaid import duty running into several billions of naira The government through a directive from the Nigeria Customs Service to ...

  An argument between two relatives turned tragic in Lagos on Monday as one of them fatally sta.bbed his cousin during a physical confrontation. The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident to Punch Metro in a terse statement issued ...

  A former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has stated that only a miracle can get the Peoples Democratic Party back on track. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Sunday night, Fayose said that the loss suffered by the ...

  Tinuade Ladoja, one of the wives of the former Oyo Governor and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, has d!ed. She passed away on Monday morning at 71 after a brief illness. Until her demise, Tinuade was an influential ...

  The World Bank has stated that Nigeria must maintain its ongoing economic reforms for the next 10 to 15 years to establish itself as a leading economic power, not only in sub-Saharan Africa but also on the global stage. ...

  The national electricity grid has collapsed again, The PUNCH reports. The grid collapsed at about 6:18 pm on Monday, leaving Nigerians in darkness. Checks by our correspondent confirmed that power generation dropped from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 pm to ...

  A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is doing its best to make things better for Nigerians. While acknowledging that Nigerians are currently facing economic hardship, Fayose believes that it would not ...

  As Nigerians struggle with the high cost of petrol, the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, has also increased to N1,500/kg. But the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NIPCO Plc, Suresh Kumar, said the Dangote ...

  Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian leaders to judiciously use the country’s abundant resources to develop the nation. Speaking at the Methodist Archdiocese of Abuja’s 40th anniversary celebration on Sunday in Abuja, Obasanjo emphasised that Nigeria had all ...

  A youth corps member has caught the attention of social media users by recreating a photo her mother took during her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) days, 24 years ago. The TikTok post features a side-by-side comparison of two ...

  Singer Oxlade, has opened up about facing racial abuse in France on “The Datebizz” podcast. He revealed that the incident inspired his debut album’s title, “Oxlade From Africa.” The experience made him realize the existence of African stigma and ...

  Tragedy unfolded in the Oshodi area of Lagos on Saturday when a 50-year-old man, identified simply as Emmanuel, was k!lled by a moving train. The incident reportedly took place near Arena Shopping Mall in Oshodi. The deceased’s sister, whose ...

  A 26-year-old man identified as Nura Mas’ud has reportedly set ablaze his grandmother, Zuwaira Muhammad alive in Mu’azu village, Dan Gwanki ward, Sule Tankarkar LGA of Jigawa State. Mas’ud who was said to have confessed to the crime claimed ...

  A two-story building in Orile Iganmu, Lagos State, collapsed Monday morning, causing widespread panic as nearby residents fled the scene. A video showed people rushing to safety as the structure crumbled. Fortunately, no casualties have been confirmed yet. Lagos ...