The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has said that the northern governors generated unnecessary controversy over the tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had in October 2024, asked the national assembly to consider and pass four tax reform bills. The proposed legislations are the Nigeria tax bill, tax administration bill, and joint…
The chairman of the fact-finding committee on killings in Plateau, Maj. Gen. Nicholas Rogers (rtd) has said that 11,749 people in the state have been killed between 2001 and 2025 due to various violent attacks. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, on Friday, Rogers said the committee presented its report to the Plateau…
The Tangale Intelligentsia Movement (TIM), has alleged that the Gombe state governor, Mohammed Yahaya is not a true democrat. In a message to the governor, marking Democracy Day, the group maintained that Gombe state has not made progress since the governor came to power in 2019. The statement signed by Benjamin Tanglang on behalf of…
By Callistus Agwaza in, Jalingo A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) – Taraba Concern Citizens (TCC), has raised the alarm over alleged diversion of federal government palliatives sent to the 16 Local Governments and Development Areas of Taraba state for distribution. Address a news conference on Sunday in Jalingo, the state capital, Timothy Gayus, Coordinator of…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that a democratic system that promotes insecurity and poverty must be abandoned. Obasanjo spoke in Oyo town on Friday during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8-kilometre Oyo-Iseyin road. The former president said a democracy that nurtures poverty, unemployment and insecurity should be discarded as it only denotes backwardness. In…
Nigeria witnessed one of its most troubling weeks in recent memory, marked by mass kidnappings, rising insurgent activity, school closures, and widespread panic. This week’s Security Update with Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines the most significant security events across Nigeria, the Sahel, and the global arena. The week opened with two major school kidnappings: 25 schoolchildren…
