The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the newly recruited operatives of the Nigerian Forest Guard will be deployed immediately to insecurity hotspots across the country. The NSA spoke on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of 7,000 new forest guards who completed three months of training. Ribadu said the guards would be…
What happens when the laws a government is enforcing are not the same laws its parliament approved? In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines a growing constitutional controversy surrounding Nigeria’s new tax regime. Allegations have emerged that the tax laws currently being implemented differ from the versions passed by the National…
Abuja, FCT | Friday, December 26, 2025 – Recent public commentary has focused on the legislative process relating to the passage, presidential assent, and publication in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government of the following Acts: the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025; the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025; the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment)…
The federal government has confirmed that coordinated security efforts with international partners, including the United States, have resulted in precision air strikes on terrorist targets in the North-West region. The operation forms part of ongoing measures to combat terrorism and violent extremism across the country. A statement issued by the Ministry the Ministry of Foreign…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has commended Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State for what it described as a “courageous and compassionate decision” to grant a pardon to Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was sentenced to death following an incident in which he…
United States, President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria. A US official told Financial Times (UK) that the US worked with Nigeria to carry out the strikes, approved by the Nigerian government. Trump had accused the terrorists group of persecuting Christians in Nigeria. In a…
