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By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Nigeria’s chapter of Transparency International, has raised concerns over allegations that the Presidency assented to a tax law materially different from the version passed by the National Assembly. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, CISLAC warned that if proven, such actions would amount to …

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  Former presidential candidate and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has intensified consultations ahead of the 2027 general election, holding separate high-level meetings with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.). The closed-door meetings, held on Monday, are part of Dr. Hashim’s ongoing nationwide engagements with elder statesmen and key …

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Despite a court barring the police from harassing or violating her rights, Mabel Alabijah Husseini, a Lagos-based businesswoman, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Nigerian Police, her estranged husband, Mr. Adedeji Adesiyan and eight other respondents.

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Trans-Niger Pipelines (TNP), host communities of Obio/Akpor, Emohua and Ikwerre Local Government Areas of Rivers State have commended the management of an oil and gas firm, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd (PINL) for reaching out to them with palliatives and medical out reach during this Yuletide season. 

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Heirs Energies Limited, Nigeria’s leading indigenous integrated energy company, has executed a USD 750 million financing with the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank).

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that capital market operators are to renew their registration from January 1 to 31, 2026.

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The Association of Corporate Communication & Marketing Professionals in Banks (ACAMB) has dismissed claims that 12 Nigerian banks would be shut down by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by March 2026.

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Following the mistaken airstrike carried out by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on 25th December, 2025, in Gidan Bisa and Rumtuwa villages of Silame Local Government Area, Sokoto State, the families of the affected victims have been compensated by the Nigerian Air Force.

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Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with multi-billion-naira worth of the illicit drug recovered from them, another leader of the syndicate Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat who went underground since

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The ancient city of Kano buzzed with excitement on Saturday as cyclists and sports lovers from across the country converged for Cycling Kano 2025, a historic first for competitive cycling in Northern Nigeria.

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