FIRS opens weekend tax services to ease pressure ahead of deadline
FIRS opens weekend tax services to ease pressure ahead of deadline As the June 30 deadline for Companies Income Tax (CIT) filing approaches, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has opened a weekend service window. This will give businesses…
Lagos Assembly summons Uber, Bolt, others over labour rights violations
The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned top ride-hailing companies—Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide—to appear for a public hearing aimed at addressing growing tensions in the sector. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of…
Woman Who Lost 5 Kids In Benue Attack Speaks
Woman who lost her mother and 5 children speaks following the Yelwata attack in Benue state. It would be recalled that the community was attacked on Friday night, at about 10 pm till the early hours of Saturday morning. …
We Want To Come Home’ – Nigerians In India Beg FG
Nigerian nationals currently living in India have revealed troubling accounts of mistreatment, extortion, and police brutality, experiences that have left many desperate to return home but unable to afford the costs involved. Speaking anonymously to Vanguard on Sunday, one Nigerian…
Access Bank takes over Standard Chartered Bank
After operating for 130 years, Standard Chartered Bank will cease to operate in The Gambia today, 13th June and has been acquired by the Nigerian banking titan, Access Bank. This information was revealed by the governor of Central Bank of…
Ethiopia Opens Trade Sectors to Foreign Investors: New Directive Unlocks Export, Import, Wholesale, and Retail Markets” – Addis Insight
Opens Trade Sectors to Foreign Investors: New Directive Unlocks Export, Import, Wholesale, and Retail Markets” – Addis Insight Share post: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — June 13, 2025 — In a sweeping policy reform aimed at attracting foreign capital and…
US pushes for June peace deal between Rwanda and Congo
The United States is reportedly pushing for an agreement that would require Rwanda to withdraw troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The US has been working to end the conflict in the mineral-rich eastern DRC, where Congolese forces are…
Abiola’s daughter lauds Tinubu for honouring her late parents
Hafsat Abiola, daughter of the late winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief M.K.O Abiola, has commended President Bola Tinubu for conferring posthumous award on her parents. Hafsat, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, expressed gratitude…
NNPC expects four FID in six months
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is poised to make major investment commitments this year, with four critical Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) expected before the end of 2025. In a first of its kind report under Bayo Ojulari,GMD of…
Last Twin Rescued by Mary Slessor Dies at 115 in Arochukwu
Last Twin Rescued by Mary Slessor Dies at 115 in Arochukwu Madam Malinda Mgbafor Okereke, the last surviving twin rescued by Scottish missionary Mary Slessor in Arochukwu, Abia State, has passed away at the age of 115, her family announced…