POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja has reaffirmed the sack of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). ...

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N716.298 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of December 2019. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, ...

The federal government has said the commencement of the implementation of the new Value Added Tax (VAT) of 7.5 percent is to take effect from February 1, 2020, ...

Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the constitution does not prohibit the establishment of a regional security outfit. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had declared the outfit ...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigeria is open to more Investments from foreign companies, including those from Turkey in the areas of construction, manufacturing, technology and other sectors, ...

The federal government is to issue guidelines on the implementation process of the Finance Act, which President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law on Monday. The Minister of Finance, ...

The Federal Government has declared the security outfit by South-West states known as Operation Amotekun as illegal. In a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Imo state 2019 governorship poll and nullifying the election of Emeka Ihedioha. ...

President Muhammadu has signed the 2019 finance bill alongside the 2020 appropriation bill into law. The law alongside the 2020 Budget is aimed at reforming Nigeria’s tax system ...

The federal government is fine tuning the process of putting in place a medium-term economic blueprint as a successor plan for the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), ...

Police, military chiefs absent at launch The six governors of the South West region namely Seyi Makinde, Oyo State; Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State; Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State; Gboyega ...

The Lagos State government has admitted that its debt, which stands at N39.69 billion, is quite high but assured that there is no cause for alarm. The Commissioner ...

Femi Adesina, the spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the president will not declare his assets publicly. Speaking at a programme on Channels Television on Monday, Adesina said ...

Mallam Isa Ali Ibrahim, Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, has condemned the move by Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS to collect Stamp Duties, saying that the ...

Governors in the south-west region will inaugurate a joint security outfit to combat kidnapping, banditry and other forms of insecurity on January 9. Cases of insecurity have been ...

The office of Auditor-General of Nigeria (AGN) has beamed its searchlight on the operations of the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, as it uncovered some alleged ...

Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Adamu Candido, has assented to over N8 billion budgetary proposals by the council for 2020. At a brief signing ceremony held ...

The Kwara State government has finally demolished the land belonging to the Second Republic Senate Leader, the late Dr Olusola Saraki, located along Ilofa road, GRA, Ilorin. The ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he will leave office in 2023. He gave the assurance in a New Year letter to Nigerians sent to PREMIUM TIMES ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Hajiya Saratu Shafii as the new acting Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Shafii who hails from Bida, Niger State, replaces the ...