ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has secured a $238 million loan facility from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to expand its national power grid, following high-level engagements led by President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, Japan. In a statement…
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the launch of a Personal Income Tax Calculator, designed to help Nigerians understand how the new tax reforms affect their earnings compared to the current system. In a statement released late Thursday night, the President assured citizens that the reforms, which will take effect from January…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says petrol prices in Nigeria averaged N1,024.99 per litre in July 2025, with the North-West zone recording the highest figures nationwide. In its report titled “Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch (July 2025)”, released on Thursday, the NBS said the average price represented a 33.02 per…
KATSINA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Katsina has seized illicit drugs worth more than ₦692 million in what officials describe as the command’s largest-ever bust. Area Controller, Comptroller Abba Aji Idris, told journalists on Wednesday that the drugs were concealed in two private vehicles attempting to evade security checks near the Kongolam…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has announced that millions of social media accounts have been taken down in Nigeria under the recently introduced Code of Practice 2024, as global tech companies enforce stricter rules on harmful online content. In a statement on Wednesday, the Director of Corporate Communications at the National Information Technology Development…
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has abolished the controversial 5% excise duty on telecommunications services; a decision expected to reduce costs for millions of Nigerians and strengthen the nation’s digital economy. Speaking yesterday at a conference in Abuja, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Executive Vice-Chairman, Aminu Maida, confirmed that the levy on mobile calls and…
LAGOS, Nigeria- Nigeria spends more than $10 billion annually importing basic food staples, including rice, wheat, sugar, fish, and tomato paste, according to the Federal Government. Officials warn the dependence on foreign supply is unsustainable and threatens food security. The disclosure came on Tuesday at the First Bank Agric and Export Expo in Lagos, where…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) orders air passengers to completely switch off their phones and portable devices during take-off and landing, ending the long-standing practice of using “flight mode.” Announcing the directive on Tuesday, NCAA Director-General, Capt Chris Najomo described the decision as a decisive step to improve aviation safety and…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reaffirmed that Nigerian workers, including civil servants, enjoy full constitutional rights to participate in partisan politics, countering claims by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. In a statement issued on Tuesday, NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, criticised remarks by Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack,…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has announced plans to disburse ₦54.9 billion this August to 2,196,474 households nationwide under the National Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme, a component of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu, disclosed this during a courtesy…
