Iran re-closed the Strait of Hormuz Friday instead of heading to Switzerland for nuclear negotiations, citing Israel’s refusal to pull forces out of southern Lebanon and US forces’ ongoing presence in the region. In a statement read over maritime radio channels, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the US was in violation of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, which President … [Read more…]
As Ekiti State voters head to the polls on Saturday to elect a governor for another four-year term, 13 candidates will be seeking to unseat the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is aiming to secure a second term in office. The election, one of Nigeria’s off-cycle governorship contests, comes … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Government has announced a restriction of human and vehicular movements across the Enugu North Senatorial District for Saturday, June 20, 2026, as the by-election to fill the vacant senatorial seat holds. According to a Public Service Announcement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the restriction will take … [Read more…]
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N2.300 trillion among the federal, state and local governments as revenue allocation for May 2026. The total distributable revenue of N2.300 trillion comprised N1.611 trillion from Statutory Revenue and N688.785 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT), according to the Ministry of Finance, in a … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has issued the General Guidelines for the implementation of the Tax Acts 2025, setting out the process for transition from the repealed tax laws to the new tax framework effective from January 1, 2026. Issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Guidelines provide direction to taxpayers, tax practitioners, revenue authorities and … [Read more…]
Emotion and grief filled Ujari, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State on Thursday as the state government, family members, friends, and top figures in Nigeria’s entertainment industry gathered to bid farewell to Nollywood actor Alex Ikenna Ekubo Okwaraeke, popularly known as Alex Ekubo. Ekubo, one of Nigeria’s most popular screen actors, died at the … [Read more…]
By Ikechukwu Amaechi When Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd), former army spokesman, died in captivity on Saturday, June 13, all hell broke loose. Understandably! He was not an ordinary citizen. But knowing Nigerians well, all it takes to forget him is another high-profile abduction. And that nearly happened on Monday night when terrorists attacked the National … [Read more…]
Distribution of sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election and a series of senatorial and federal constituency by-elections scheduled for Saturday, 20th June 2026. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were at the Central Bank office in Ado Ekiti sorting the sensitive … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was yesterday found ‘not guilty’ of the six bribery charges brought against her by the UK’s National Crime Agency in 2023, effectively closing an investigation that began over a decade ago. Alison-Madueke, 65, was charged by the agency over allegations that she took cash as well as accepted … [Read more…]
To many, Kenya’s strange and deadly spate of arson attacks is the result of an education system buckling under chronic funding shortfalls and corruption. Problems are exacerbated by Kenyans’ preference for boarding schools — a legacy of the British colonial system — where children spend months away from parents in institutions often associated with overcrowding, … [Read more…]
…Charges party supporters on door-to-door campaign …Asogwa: I won’t disappoint Enugu North Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has boosted the senatorial bid of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the June 20, 2026 by-election for Enugu North Senatorial District, listing reasons the zone would overwhelming vote for the party. The seat, if won, … [Read more…]
…Mbah remains the dominant political figure in the state – Barr. Onuora …This endorsement is as a unanimous vote of confidence in the governor’s leadership – ALGON Chairman Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Forum of Administrators of Local Governments in Enugu State have endorsed the state governor, Barr. Peter Mbah, for a second … [Read more…]