Month: December 2025

Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has sharply criticised the Federal Government’s proposed plan to borrow about ₦20 trillion to finance the 2026 budget, warning that Nigeria is inching toward a full-blown fiscal crisis. In a strongly worded statement on Friday, Obi said the new borrowing plan is alarming, especially at a time when debt servicing is expected…

Bishop David Oyedepo, Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has declared what he described as a global season of peace and security breakthroughs, following the 2025 edition of the annual Shiloh event. Speaking during one of the peak sessions of the gathering at the church’s international headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, Oyedepo…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has thrown its full weight behind Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, endorsing him as the bloc’s sole candidate for the African Union (AU) Chairmanship in 2027. The endorsement was reached during the 95th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers held in Abuja on December 12,…

Friday 12 December 2025 The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has announced that banks will soon be required to request a Tax Identification Number (TIN) from all taxable Nigerians, in line with the federal government’s new tax administration framework taking effect on January 1, 2026. Speaking in…

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has confirmed that the Nigerian soldiers aboard a military aircraft that made a forced landing in Burkina Faso remain in the country as diplomatic discussions continue. Tuggar revealed this on Thursday at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja during a joint press briefing with his Beninese counterpart, Olushegun…

A growing wave of public anger has erupted in Imo State following allegations that police officers compromised the investigation into the defilement of a nine-year-old girl, Nmesoma Chiwike, by a 60-year-old man, Okechukwu Azuagu. The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) raised the alarm in a strongly worded statement on Thursday, accusing officers…