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Photo: IGP Kayode Egbetokun Nigeria’s police have suspended nationwide enforcement of a tinted glass permit policy after a court issued an interim order restraining the move, the police said on Thursday. The Nigeria Police Force had announced on Dec. 15 that enforcement of the policy would resume from Jan. 2,…

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to the full implementation of Nigeria’s newly enacted tax laws, dismissing calls for their suspension amid ongoing public debate. The President made his position known in a message posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, stressing that the…

Nigeria’s national electricity grid has suffered another collapse, plunging several parts of the country into darkness, although restoration efforts are currently underway, according to updates from electricity distribution companies. As of Monday afternoon, electricity supply across the country had dropped to minimal levels, with most distribution companies receiving little or…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the cancellation of a substantial portion of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPC Ltd) outstanding debts owed to the Federation Account, effectively wiping out about $1.42 billion in legacy obligations. The decision was contained in a document by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…

Photo: Taiwo Oyedele – ‘no cause for alarm’ Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said on Sunday that discrepancies between the versions of Nigeria’s new tax reform laws published in the official gazette and those passed by the National Assembly amount to a “grave constitutional issue,” warning that any law not…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over their alleged failure to account for about N14 trillion realised as fuel subsidy savings. SERAP disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the suit followed reports…

Many Nigerians marked Christmas Day without electricity as nationwide outages persisted despite government assurances that power would improve within 48 hours. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, had blamed the worsening supply on an explosion along the Escravos–Lagos Gas Pipeline, which disrupted gas flow to several power plants. In Lagos…

Fifty top performers from the Abia State government’s TechRise Cohort 2 digital-skills programme have been offered automatic employment, Governor Alex Otti said at the graduation ceremony for 849 trainees in Umuahia. Announcing the incentives on Wednesday, Otti said each prize-winning participant would receive ₦100,000, while all graduates would get transport…

Nigeria’s interfaith harmony was on display on Thursday, as hundreds of Muslims from across the North joined Christians for the annual Christmas service at the Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry in Kaduna. The gathering, now in its 15th year, has become a defining symbol of peaceful coexistence between the…

Photo: Trump says, ‘I ordered “deadly strike”’ The Nigerian government has confirmed that U.S. forces carried out airstrikes on terrorist targets in the country’s Northwest, acknowledging for the first time a joint counter-terrorism operation with Washington aimed at crippling cells linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).…