By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2023 Sokoto State election, Sa’idu Umar Ubandoma, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ubandoma, a former ally of ex-Sokoto State Governor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was received into the APC by the party’s leader in the state, Senator […]

Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector recorded its first decline in Company Income Tax (CIT) in four years, reflecting a reversal of fortune in the sector.

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja ABUJA — A coalition of concerned Nigerians and civil society organisations on Tuesday staged a protest at the National Assembly, calling on the Senate to suspend the confirmation of Professor Fashino Abayomi’s ambassadorial nomination. The protesters urged the upper chamber to delay consideration of the nomination, arguing that it should await […]

By Dickson Omobola National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, has kicked against a bill before the National Assembly proposing a review of the sharing formula for the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge, TSC, which would cut the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA’s, allocation from 56 per cent to 40 per cent and […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has urged lawmakers to rededicate themselves to national service as the 10th Senate commenced its fourth legislative year, saying the country’s pressing challenges require urgent parliamentary attention. In his welcome address to senators following the chamber’s resumption from recess, Akpabio called on his […]