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Fears of a global trade war have risen after Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on countries in the Brics group if they create a new currency to rival the US dollar. Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Saturday, Trump declared that he would also act if they supported another currency […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for a fiscal system that promotes justice, fairness, and equity on the ongoing controversy over the tax reform bills. Reacting to the issue in a post on his official X handle on Sunday, Atiku asked the National Assembly to make public the resolutions of the National Economic Council […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 59-year-old Nigerian businessman, Ezeokoli Sylva, for allegedly smuggling 700 grammes of cocaine concealed in his stomach. The arrest took place on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. Sylva, who had lived in Brazil […]

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has directed its members in 14 states to join the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) starting at midnight on Sunday, December 2, 2024. The strike action is in response to the failure of the affected state governments to implement the new National Minimum Wage. […]

FORMER Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, PDP, Bauchi Central, is one of the critics of the tax reform bills, saying they are discriminatory and designed to give some states an advantage over others. Ningi says President Bola Tinubu should not try to take advantage of people’s silence or people’s fear to impose something against […]

Abuchi Goshen Ogbachalu Esq., ACIarb(UK)ALD., CPSC., CPCP., delves into the complex legal framework surrounding the overtaking of military convoys by civilians. The article sheds light on the highly regulated nature of military convoys and the potential hazards associated with attempting to overtake them. Ogbachalu explains that an Army General Convoy is a symbol of military […]

By Johnson Agwu             On 20 October 2024, I was gloomy. It was four years since  the #EndSARS protests by Nigerian Youths against police brutality and the bloody reprisals that followed in its wake. I scrolled my phone with intention of exiting the #EndSARS sorrows. Instead, I scrolled unto premium tears. On Premium Times, I […]

As the January 2025 election for the next President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide approaches, Chief Chekwas Okorie, a prominent chieftain of the organization, has declared that Rivers State’s opportunity to lead the apex Igbo sociocultural group cannot be undermined by any individual or faction. Prophet Godfrey Gbujie, the ministerial leader of the World Zionist […]

In a bid to alleviate the financial burden of the economic challenges, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ado-Ekiti Branch provided a 50% subsidy on cooking gas to its members on Saturday. The initiative, dubbed “Lawyers Gas Station,” took place from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Abound Gas Station in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the FCT has directed all workers across the six area councils of the FCT to embark on indefinite strike action from December, 1, 2024, over non-implementation of the N70,000 national minimum wage arrears by the six area council chairmen. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the FCT, […]

Chief Tony Okocha has emerged as the chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the next four years. Okocha was returned as party chairman through consensus votes by party delegates from the 23 local government areas of the state at the party’s state congress held in Port Harcourt on […]

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, in a major cabinet reshuffle, has sacked the Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, alongside other key members of his cabinet. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibrahim Musa, issued on Saturday in Kaduna. It will be recalled that Aruwan was […]