When the Naira Became a Guest in Its Own Country
“The Naira is slowly dying a quiet death. Currencies don’t just die in banks, they die in the hearts of their people. The naira’s death, if we’re honest, is not sudden it’s been a slow unravelling, a daily erosion of trust. Each time a Nigerian business says “five thousand dollars” instead of “four million naira,” a little part of our national soul withers. And when even our government rewards greatness in dollars, it isn’t just the economy that has collapsed it’s belief itself
Bola Tinubu declines assent to two bills passed by the National Assembly
Citing “fundamental defects” and “inconsistencies with existing financial and constitutional provisions”, president Bola Tinubu declined to assent to two Bills earlier passed by the National Assembly. In the letter to the president of the senate and read by Senator Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu said the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (Establishment) Bill, 2025 had several […]
We will not shirk our responsibilities, Akpabio tells nation on resumption of the senate
THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswaill Akpabio has said that the the senate will remain open, Accountable and responsive to its law making responsibilities adding that the senate will not shirk its responsibility of holding the executive accountable to the people to Nigerians as Nigerians do not look to the lawmakers for lamentations, but […]
Dangote Refinery: Sanusi, Kukah, others call for caution
Prominent Nigerians have called for caution in the faceoff between Dangote refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), saying the refinery is a national asset. A joint atatement issued and signed by Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi II, Sarkin Kano, Bishop Mattew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese and Atedo […]
SEC targets investments in non-interest finance, as value hits N1.6trn
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has disclosed plans to explore the potentials of the non-interest finance market in Nigeria, which it revealed has grown significantly, with its value now standing at about N1.6 trillion. The Director-General of the SEC, Dr. Emomotimi Agama, made the disclosure at a joint press briefing in Abuja ahead of […]
NiDCOM partners presidential committee for Diaspora engagement on new tax
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), in collaboration with the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, will organise a virtual interactive session titled “Impact of the New Tax Reform Laws on Nigerians in the Diaspora.” The session, scheduled to hold on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. (Nigeria Time), aims to enlighten Nigerians […]
FG Sends Off 39 Benue Artisans for Overseas Jobs
No fewer than 39 skilled artisans have been deployed from Benue State to Belarus under the international job placements programme aimed at creating decent employment opportunities for Nigerians abroad. The initiative which is the first of its kind, was borne from collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Benue State Government, the […]
Employee Compensation Scheme subscribers will be treated with compassion— Faleye
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Olúwaṣeun Mayomi Faleye has promised that subscribers to the Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS) operated by the Fund would henceforth meet with a compassionate organisation in their time of need. Faleye who made the promise when he declared open the customer week celebrations of […]
Your are ‘Judas Iscariot of Nigerian Trade Unionism’, NUPENG tells Oshiomhole
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has labelled former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president, Senator Adams Oshiomhole as the “Judas Iscariot of Nigerian trade unionism,” and declared him persona non grata within the ranks of oil and gas workers in Nigeria. In a strongly worded statement signed by NUPENG President Comrade […]
A Reckoning: The Nigeria We Could Become
By Emman Usman Shehu In sweltering markets across Nigeria, where hawkers weave through gridlocked traffic like threads in a fraying tapestry, the tax collector is less a figure of authority than a ghost in the machine—a spectral enforcer whose knock at the door inspires not compliance, but cunning evasion. For decades, Nigeria’s tax regime has […]