BY GODWIN OBI The Kano State Government has voiced its opposition to the proposed tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly, describing them as detrimental to the welfare of Nigerians, particularly in the northern region. Governor Abba Yusuf, who was represented by his Deputy, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, declared theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has promised to address current hardship, especially rising prices of food and drugs in the country through the launch of the National Credit Guarantee Company. In a 2025 New Year’s Message to Nigerians on Wednesday, the Federal Government said the move will also promoteContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Bola Tinubu to probe and recover over N25 trillion leaders allegedly stolen by leaders and government officials of the All Progressive Congress. The call was contained in a New Year address titled ‘Address Insecurity, Fuel, Food Crisis’ signed byContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has approved reintroducing History as a mandatory subject for primary and secondary school students, effective 2025. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, made this known on Channels Television’s 2024 Year-End Review on December 31, 2024. History was reportedly removed from Nigeria’s basic school curriculum in 2007, attracting criticismsContinue Reading
Personal Assistant on Special Duties to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kamorudeen Yusuf, has announced the launching of a scholarship programme benefiting 40 students at Markaz Agege, a renowned Islamic educational institution in Lagos State. The announcement came during Yusuf’s visit to the institution, where he was welcomed by Sheik HabibullahiContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Acting National Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, stated that the party played a key role in shaping the political career of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. During an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday, DamagumContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Naval outpost in Onitsha, Anambra State, has donated food items worth millions of naira to Madonna Angels Orphanage Home in Atani, in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state through its ‘Food Rhapsody’ initiative. The event, which is a non-kinetic approach by the Nigerian NavyContinue Reading
The requirements for the extradition of pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, to Nigeria have been forwarded to the Government of Finland, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (CDS), has said. “Well, I’m sure he is cooling off somewhere,” the defence chief said on Channels Television‘s 2024 Year-In-Review programme onContinue Reading