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Tax Reform or Public Panic? Inside Nigeria’s Controversial 2026 Tax Changes VAT-exempt food items in local market

Tax Reform or Public Panic? Inside Nigeria’s Controversial 2026 Tax Changes

Oluwafunbi Bello January 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When rumours began spreading across Nigeria that the government would soon begin “taxing bank...

Reps Reject Minority Probe on Tax Laws, Cite Procedure Breach House of Representatives debates and suspends WAEC’s planned CBT exams

Reps Reject Minority Probe on Tax Laws, Cite Procedure Breach

Oluwatobi Adu January 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s House of Representatives rejects an ad-hoc committee reportedly set up by its minority...

Shell Signals $20bn Nigeria Expansion, Citing Tinubu’s Reforms President Tinubu meeting Shell CEO Wael Sawan at the Presidential Villa

Shell Signals $20bn Nigeria Expansion, Citing Tinubu’s Reforms

Oluwafunbi Bello January 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Global energy giant Shell Plc signals renewed confidence in Nigeria’s economy, as its Chief...

NISO: Transmission Line Failures Trigger Nationwide Grid Collapse Darkened city skyline after Nigeria’s national grid collapse

NISO: Transmission Line Failures Trigger Nationwide Grid Collapse

Mirian Gom January 24, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapses on Friday following the simultaneous failure of multiple high-voltage...

Shadows Over Shiny Stalls: How Boko Haram’s Lingering Fear is Stalling Yobe’s Market Revival Abandoned rural markets in Yobe State

Shadows Over Shiny Stalls: How Boko Haram’s Lingering Fear is Stalling Yobe’s Market Revival

Hussaini Ibrahim January 23, 2026

YOBE, Nigeria – The market stalls are new. The roads are freshly paved. The ambition is unmistakable....

National Grid Collapse Plunges Nigeria into Widespread Electricity Blackout Darkened city skyline after Nigeria’s national grid collapse

National Grid Collapse Plunges Nigeria into Widespread Electricity Blackout

Chukwu Obinna January 23, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s fragile electricity system collapses again, plunging millions of homes and businesses into darkness...

Katsina Signs ₦155bn Agro-Housing Deal to Deliver 3,750 Homes Katsina State signs ₦155bn agro-housing agreement with COSMOS

Katsina Signs ₦155bn Agro-Housing Deal to Deliver 3,750 Homes

Hussaini Ibrahim January 23, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – The Katsina State Government signs a ₦155 billion agreement with COSMOS Residential City Nigeria...

Alcohol Sachet Ban Triggers Labour-Led Protest at NAFDAC Lagos Office Protesters demonstrating against NAFDAC’s sachet alcohol ban in Lagos

Alcohol Sachet Ban Triggers Labour-Led Protest at NAFDAC Lagos Office

Korede Abdullah January 23, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – A coalition of alcohol producers and organised labour stages a protest at the Lagos...

FG Releases ₦152bn to Contractors After Abuja Protests Dangote refinery complex in Lagos with workers on site

FG Releases ₦152bn to Contractors After Abuja Protests

Juliet Jacob January 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government confirms the release of ₦152 billion to contractors following weeks of...

Nigeria Reframes Food Security as National Stability Strategy Vice President Kashim Shettima speaking at World Economic Forum

Nigeria Reframes Food Security as National Stability Strategy

Juliet Jacob January 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria now treats food security as a core national security and macroeconomic priority, Vice...

Business and Economy

Tax Reform or Public Panic? Inside Nigeria’s Controversial 2026 Tax Changes

Reps Reject Minority Probe on Tax Laws, Cite Procedure Breach

Shell Signals $20bn Nigeria Expansion, Citing Tinubu’s Reforms

NISO: Transmission Line Failures Trigger Nationwide Grid Collapse

Shadows Over Shiny Stalls: How Boko Haram’s Lingering Fear is Stalling Yobe’s Market Revival

National Grid Collapse Plunges Nigeria into Widespread Electricity Blackout

Katsina Signs ₦155bn Agro-Housing Deal to Deliver 3,750 Homes

Alcohol Sachet Ban Triggers Labour-Led Protest at NAFDAC Lagos Office

FG Releases ₦152bn to Contractors After Abuja Protests

Nigeria Reframes Food Security as National Stability Strategy

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