In a move that could send shockwaves through immigrant communities, lawmakers in the United States have introduced a draft bill proposing a 5 per cent excise tax on all remittances sent abroad. The bill, unveiled by House Republicans on Monday, targets financial transfers from US residents to recipients in foreign countries. While it broadly affects…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to strip the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its powers to register and regulate political parties. The proposal aimed to transfer these powers to the Office of the Registrar-General of Political Parties. The…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a work in progress, charging those working for Nigeria at any level not to consider their work as finished because there was so much left to be done. Obasanjo said this in his address at the public presentation of an autobiography: “Being True To Myself,” written by…
Three serving senators from Kebbi State, elected on the platform of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, have formally written to the Senate, declaring their defection to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). They are Senators Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), who formally defected from the PDP to…
The Zamfara Anti-Corruption and Security Watchdog has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fulfil its promise and investigate allegations of corruption against former Governor Bello Matawalle’s administration. The group expressed concern over the EFCC’s delay in acting on petitions detailing alleged misappropriation of over ₦250 billion during Matawalle’s tenure from 2019…
The war against cultism in Edo State took a new turn on Monday evening as Governor Monday Okpebholo called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, to arrest and prosecute the President of the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa, Olorogun Ese…
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Monday disclosed that the Federal Government plans to restructure two underperforming electricity distribution companies under a pilot programmme. Chief Adelabu who disclosed this during a meeting with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Abuja, said the move follows a comprehensive assessment of systemic challenges plaguing the…
UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has launched a sharp rebuke of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour-led government, demanding urgent action on immigration through the adoption of the Conservatives’ proposed Deportation Bill. In a video message posted to her official X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday, Badenoch noted that the changes being proposed is far…
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has called on Nigerian leaders to emulate the life of late Chief Edwin Clark, describing him as a beacon of service, sacrifice, truth, and courage. Obi made this statement during the Commendation Service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja on Monday, honoring the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has confirmed that suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara visited him to seek reconciliation, but maintained that the ongoing political crisis in the state was “self-inflicted.” According to reports, Fubara’s visit followed a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in London, shortly after the president declared a…
