The Coalition of Quranic Memorisers and Reciters has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to swear in former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as minister in the interest of justice, fairness, peace and stability of the country. The Director of Education Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation who addressed journalists in Bauchi on behalf of…

The Nigerian government has revealed that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will begin the collection of taxes usually collected by 63 agencies, including the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Taiwo Oyedele, head of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, disclosed this in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday. Oyedele said this…

The Hon. Commissioner for information in Ebonyi State, Jude Chikadibia Okpor on behalf of people of the State congratulates the first lady and wife of the Governor, Chief Mrs Uzoamaka Mary-Mauldline Ogbonna Nwifuru as she celebrates her birthday today. In a statement released on Wednesday, Jude Okpor described Chief Mrs Uzoamaka Mary-Mauldline Ogbonna Nwifuru as…

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, inaugurated the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms at the State House in Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, in a statement on July 7 announced the establishment of the committee by the president. Alake noted that the committee…

It was a tough screening session for the immediate past minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo, SAN as the Senate, today, Monday, was split into two, and degenerated into an uproar. Keyamo, a ministerial nominee from Delta State, was met with oppositions when the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Darlington Nwokocha (LP, Abia Central) rose…

Former Senate president and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pius Anyim Pius, on Sunday, paid a visit to Umar Ganduje, the new chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The outcome of the meeting is yet to be made public however, sources say the former senate president might be joining the ruling APC.…

England star player and Chelsea women’s forward, Lauren James, has deactivated the comments section on her Instagram and Twitter accounts after she was sent off in the game against Nigeria, Monday. Nigeria was defeated by England in the Round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup via a penalty shoot-out after the match ended in…

The Executive Chairman of Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development area of Lagos State, Mrs Samiat Bada, has denied online allegations of compelling her staff members to buy N650,000 fabrics (aso ebi) for her forthcoming 50th birthday. Addressing the media at the council secretariat, in Lagos on Tuesday, Bada described the allegations as completely false and…

A mob beat a yet-to-be-identified policeman to a stupor after a man identified simply as Yusuf was rammed by a BRT vegicle from the impact of being allegedly pushed by policemen in the Ketu area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered from eyewitnesses at the scene that the policeman and his colleagues were attempting to…

The Enugu State Government views with utmost displeasure the activities of those who constitute nuisance on our roads and deploy all manner of crude tactics to extort monies from vehicles transporting goods, farm produce and livestock in our state, in the name of collection of levies and tolls on behalf of government. Such anti-business activities…