The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, on Monday, buttressed the popular “let the poor breathe” quote of President Bola Tinubu, saying the statement means more than people might think. Oyedele, who was inaugurated in August by Tinubu to head the committee, affirmed …

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers after almost one year. This follows a historic agreement between President Bola Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to …

A Royal Navy warship, HMS Trent, arrived in Lagos on Sunday to aid the fight against illegal activities including piracy and illicit trafficking in the sub-region.This is Trent’s second visit to Nigeria, the British High Commission said in a statement.“The visit will help deliver capacity training and support maritime security …

The Nigerian Customs Service announced on Sunday that it recently deactivated only two banks due to their failure to remit collected duties.The service also reported these banks to the appropriate financial authorities, including the Central Bank of Nigeria, and ongoing discussions are in progress among all parties involved.According to Abdullahi …

The doyen of the accounting profession, Pa Akintola Williams, has passed away at the age of 104 years The foremost accountant celebrated. his 104th birthday on August 9. Pa Williams is reputedly the first Sub-Saharan African to become a chartered accountant after he passed the qualifying examination of the Institute …

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Nigeria in October as part of moves to further strengthen economic ties between both nations Presidential aide Ajuri Ngelale said this in a statement he issued on Sunday evening. According to him, the decision was reached on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Robert Clark, says nothing may come out of the appeal of Wednesday’s judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court by the petitioners who have vowed to approach the Supreme Court. “My personal view has been enriched by past experience in the dispensation of justice …

President Bola Tinubu will meet with the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after his G-20 Summit in India. The Nigerian leader has been joining other world leaders at the 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit where he called for global unity and cooperation in tackling pressing challenges, fostering inclusiveness, and …

In that threat to buy Atiku cows, so that he could return to the traditional profession of his kith and kin, was Shettima making tribal denigration or affirming ethnic ascendancy or supremacy? In all, Shettima’s walk down the aisle of inappropriate imageries and anecdotes does not portray him as the …

US President Joe Biden took a selfie with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India. Biden did not stop there. He also took photos of Okonjo-Iweala as she posed with some members of her team and Jake …