NYSC denies extending corps member Raye’s service over viral video
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied reports that it extended the service year of a Lagos-based corps member, Rita Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, as punishment for her viral social media criticism of President Bola Tinubu and the…
Tax reform bills: FIRS now Nigeria Revenue Service
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has now become the Nigeria Revenue Service, following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to four tax reform bills. It was gathered that Tinubu, on Thursday, signed into law the four tax reform bills, which include…
Tanzania’s Gold Sector Gets a Boost: Small-Scale Miners React to Levy Reduction
Geita. Small-scale gold miners have expressed relief following the government’s decision to cut the mineral trading levy from 7 to 4 percent for those selling directly to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT). The move is expected to boost formal trade,…
Anna Wintour Steps Down as US Vogue Editor-in-Chief, Paving Way for New Leadership
Magazine legend Anna Wintour stepped down as editor of US Vogue on Thursday after 37 years in which she was often hailed as the single most influential figure in the fashion world. Wintour, 75, was famous for making Vogue’s front…
Nigerian farms battle traffic, developers in downtown Abuja
ABUJA: Under the din of traffic from the highway bridge that cuts over his fields, Bala Haruna inspects corn, cassava and okra on his family farm. A pump pulls up water from a nearby stream and is diverted through trenches…
Turkey to start exploring for gas off Libya
Turkey is moving slowly and methodically in its developing relations with Libya so as not to disrupt the delicate balance it has achieved with the United States, as is evident from the memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday between Libya’s…
JUST IN: Tribunal dismisses class action suit against MultiChoice over lack of jurisdiction
A competition and consumer protection tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja has dismissed a class action suit filed by Uche Diala and 961 other subscribers of DStv and GOtv against MultiChoice Nigeria and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC),…
FG Honors 1994 Super Eagles’ Achievement with Houses, 31 Years Later
The Federal Government has finally fulfilled its three-decade-old promise of house allocations to members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the ministry’s website…
Okonjo-Iweala receives Lifetime Award in fighting fraud, corruption
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been awarded the 2025 Cressey Award by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) for her lifetime contribution to the detection and deterrence of fraud. The award was presented…
Tanzania government defends borrowing, hints at tax reforms as budget approved
What you need to know: The minister for Finance, Dr Mwigulu Nchemba, reassured the august House that Tanzania’s public debt remained sustainable Dodoma. The government moved to defend its borrowing and assured its commitment to tackle tax reforms on Tuesday,…