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The Nigeria Revenue Service has introduced a unified Taxpayer Identification system to replace the existing validation framework for all taxable entities. The new system creates a single database linking federal and sub-national revenue authorities. Backed by the Nigeria Tax Administration Act of 2025, the initiative makes the new identity mandatory for every taxable person nationwide….
Bandits have executed Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher abducted from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The terrorists released a gruesome video on Sunday showing the educator being tied up and forced to speak before being beheaded. The footage, which circulated widely on Telegram on Monday morning, has…
The long-feared northern industry of mass school abductions has arrived in the South-West. A joint security force has trapped a gang of armed kidnappers within the Old Oyo National Park corridor. The gunmen had earlier launched a coordinated broad-daylight raid on three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The state government…
The All Progressives Congress has cleared its deck for the 2027 general elections by asserting strict party control over its legislative nominations. The ruling party conducted primaries across all 360 federal constituencies on Saturday, rewarding key loyalists while purging dissenters. Mudashiru Obasa, the powerful Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, successfully clinched a…
The public breakdown of a prominent television host’s marriage has exposed the fragile underbelly of celebrity culture in Lagos. Frank Edoho, known for hosting major broadcasting franchises, entered a fierce public dispute with his estranged wife, Sandra. The conflict moved from private legal channels to social media, drawing millions of spectators into their domestic affairs….
Aliko Dangote has renewed his legal war against the Nigerian government over fuel imports. The billionaire’s 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery filed a fresh lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to nullify import permits granted to marketers and the state oil company. The legal challenge targets the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The regulator…
The naira maintains its fragile grip on the 1,370 mark against the American dollar as trading opens this Thursday. Market data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) shows the local currency starting the day at 1370.05. This slight shift follows a week of incremental movements that suggest a cooling of the recent frantic…
Nigerians spent a staggering N6.54 trillion on vehicle spare parts in 2025. This figure represents nearly 15 per cent of the national budget and dwarfs the N2.7 trillion spent on actual vehicle imports. Joseph Osanipin, head of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, revealed these numbers at the 2026 West Africa Automotive Show. The…
Nigerian ports are suddenly teeming with cars. New data from the Nigerian Ports Authority shows vehicle imports jumped to 58,870 units in the first quarter of 2026. This is a massive 67 per cent increase from the 35,262 units handled during the same period last year. The surge suggests that domestic demand is finally defying…
British paratroopers have dropped onto the world’s most remote inhabited island to treat a suspected case of hantavirus. This mission marks the first time the UK military has parachuted medical staff into a humanitarian crisis. The patient, a British resident of Tristan da Cunha, caught the virus while aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. He…
