The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to recover all outstanding taxes amounting to over N5.19 trillion owed to the Federal Government by various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The resolution was reached on Thursday following the adoption of a motion by Esosa Iyawe, representing…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja will deliver its judgement on the petitions filed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

President Bola Tinubu has finally spoken on the recent coup in Gabon, where the military ousted President Ali Bongo and placed him under house arrest. The Nigerian leader expressed his deep concern over the spread of “contagious autocracy” in Africa and called for a comprehensive consensus among African heads of…

Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, has been charged with bribery offences by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) in connection with a $1.3 billion oil deal. She is accused of accepting bribes from oil companies to secure contracts for the exploration of oil blocks in Nigeria….

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, to proceed on a 90-day pre-retirement leave, effective from August 24, 2023. This was announced in a statement issued by the presidency on Tuesday. The statement also revealed that Tinubu has appointed…