Daily Archives: December 24, 2024

North an asset not liability to Nigeria – Ndume

Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, has stated his opposition to the tax reform bills. Tinubu’s proposed legislation aims to overhaul the country’s tax collection and administration systems, presenting an opportunity to create a more equitable and efficient taxation model. At the heart of the bill are transformative provisions, such as revisions to the…

FG repatriates 403 stranded Nigerian migrants from Niger Republic

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in collaboration with various stakeholders, successfully welcomed the second batch of Nigerian returnees from Niger at the Immigration Training School on Airport Road, Kano. The agency disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 23, 2024. “The group, totaling 392 individuals, arrived at approximately 3:05 pm,” the statement read. “The…

No Regret Removing Petrol Subsidy, Tinubu Insists

President Bola Tinubu stated he has no regrets about removing the petrol subsidy during his first presidential media chat on Monday, December 24. Tinubu emphasized that the subsidy was detrimental to Nigeria’s economic future, describing it as an unsustainable expenditure. “Nigeria was spending its future and was not investing,” Tinubu said. “We were…