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Nigerians will soon start paying 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services as the federal government plans to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. The Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this at a stakeholders’ forum on implementation of excise duty on telecommunications services in […]

The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher who murdered his pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, last December to death Mr Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids College, was sentenced to death by hanging. Mr Tanko, alongside his accomplice, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Musa, were arraigned before the Kano State High court on a […]

The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly. Minority leader of the House of Reps, Ndudi Elumelu, revealed this after a closed door meeting of the joint minority caucus of the National […]

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, has urged his colleagues to stay away from Abuja during their long holiday due to the security situation. Mr Elumelu stated this Wednesday after the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, announced that the House will adjourn till September 20. “I want to beg members, Abuja is […]

The Nigerian government withdrew $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fund security amid depleting oil revenue, an official said on Wednesday. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this revelation while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on […]

Barely 48 hours after the Presidential Brigade Guards came under attack by terrorists; President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting which will hold on Thursday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Tomorrow […]

Two officers and six soldiers attached to the Guards Brigade were killed in the Sunday ambush by terrorists in Bwari, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Their bodies, according to a Brigade’s internal Situation Report (Sitrep), have been found. The Sitrep sighted yesterday by The Nation, gave the names of the two officers simply […]

More information on the unidentified man that was killed by a stray bullet from a team of policemen attached to the Lagos State Task Force, Monday at Second Rainbow, on the Apapa-Oshodi expressway has emerged. Vanguard was informed that Monday was the deceased’s first  time visiting  Lagos. He was said to be coming from Aba, […]

A former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has said that with the lingering insecurity in the country, it won’t be surprised if the number one citizen is kidnapped. Galadima was reacting to the insecurity bedeviling the country in an interview with BBC Hausa service. He said, “These bandits are disdainful to Buhari administration. […]

The wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu who alongside her husband are standing trial for allegedly plotting to traffic a Nigerian into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter has been granted bail by the court However, her husband, Senator Ike Ekweremadu was denied bail. Beatrice Ekweremadu, […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he looks forward to witnessing the miracle of his winning the 2023 election. Obi spoke on Monday during an interview with Channels Television. On July 22, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said expecting Obi to win the election would be a […]

Terrorists have threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai. The terrorists group is suspected to be behind the abduction of passengers in a Kaduna-bound train in March. In the now-viral video seen by The Nation, captives were subject to inhumane treatment. The video has since sparked widespread outrage. One of the terrorists […]

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has lost another son. Her second son, Prince Paeke Shapnaan Dongban, 38, died in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday. A source confirmed this to Daily Trust, saying the judge’s family had been thrown into darkness. The deceased, who studied Mathematics at the Federal […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has again warned of a possible fifth wave of the Covid-19 virus in the country, given the resurgence in the number of confirmed cases. It disclosed that about 1,332 cases were recorded in one week. It therefore called on states to ramp up testing as it asked Nigerians to embrace […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the electorate to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next general elections to ensure continuity in the polity, and stability in the country and West African region. The President said this Friday while receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State led by Governor Abdullahi Sule at the State House, […]

The Federal Government has said it is considering placing a ban on the use of motorcycles, popularly known as okada. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, dropped the hint Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of National Security Council (NSC) presided over by President Muhammadu […]