Tinubu bows to public pressure, reviews clemency list

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTinubu bows to public pressure, reviews clemency list Following public criticisms of his pardon granted some individuals convicted of various crimes, President Bola Tinubu has made a U-turn by reviewing the list. Accordingly, he has signed instruments of clemency and pardon to give legal backing to his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy to…

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Tinubu fires, replaces service chiefs

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares  Tinubu fires, replaces service 8chiefs· President Bola Tinubu yesterday removed from office his service chiefs and appointed others to take their places with immediate effect. The development came barely a week after rumours of a coup plot against the Tinubu administration spread on the country, a developmentthe Defence Headquarters promptly denied as a…

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ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse  By Soney Antai, a serial award winning columnist Tinubu’s taxes and Nigeria’s masses ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares

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FG gazettes new tax laws

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesFG gazettes new tax laws The Nigerian central government has published its new tax laws in its official gazette, enthroning  a new taxation framework on the country. This was made public in a statement signed by the Personal Assistant on Special Duties to the President, Kamorudeen Yusuf, Wednesday. The laws came into effect on…

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Special Report – 19 February

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares      Special Report  How cost of fuel is affecting Nigerians Nigeria is the sixth largest exporter of petroleum in the world. As a result, a commodity that can easily define Nigeria’s economy is petrol. Thus, any change in the price of petrol can affect the nations micro and macroeconomic indices because crude…

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Tinubu presents N47.9tn budget estimates to NASS

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTinubu presents N47.9tn budget estimates to NASS ✓Defence/security – ₦4.91tn ✓ Infrastructure – ₦4.06tn ✓Education – ₦3.52tn ✓Health – ₦2.48tn   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 18 December, 2024, presented his second annual budget totalling N47.9tn to the 11th National Assembly (NASS) sitting in a joint session. Christened, “Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity”,…

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Kekere-ekun becomes Nigeria’s second female CJN

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares  Kekere-ekun becomes Nigeria’s second female CJN · Gets charge from Tinubu to defend judiciary’s independence, uphold constitution   President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, 23rd August 2024, swore in Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-ekun, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), making her the second female justice after Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, to hold the…

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Atiku slams Senate over Ndume

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Says it’s becoming Tinubu’s puppet It seems like the ripples evoked by the removal of the Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, as Senate Chief Whip, are not about to go away anytime soon. Besides Ndume himself doubling down on his condemnation of the Tinubu administration’s response to the economic situation in the country, former…

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