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*Commends Zacch Adedeji’s Role in Taxation Policy The Northern Christian Youth Alliance (NCYA) has praised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, particularly the removal of the fuel subsidy and the overhaul of Nigeria’s tax administration, describing them as courageous steps that have placed the country on a path of long-term fiscal sustainability.  In a statement released on Tuesday and signed by Evangelist Benjamin Akoka, the group specifically highlighted the contributions of Zacch Adedeji, Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), in designing and implementing a taxation framework that prioritises taxing prosperous Nigerians while shielding the vulnerable from undue burden. According to the Alliance, Adedeji has played a pivotal role in advancing policies that expand the tax base, improve compliance among high-income earners and large corporations, and introduce progressive measures that exempt low-income households and small businesses.  The...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for stronger collaboration, investment in fire prevention and improved emergency coordination to reduce fire disasters in Kaduna State. The call was made on Monday at a stakeholders’ engagement on fire disaster management organised by the agency in Kaduna. The Head of NEMA Operations Office, Kaduna, Mrs Halima Suleiman, said coordinated action had become imperative as fire outbreaks continued to claim lives, destroy property and livelihoods, and cause huge economic losses. Represented by Ikramat Umar, Head of NEMA’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit, Suleiman identified electrical faults, gas explosions, unsafe handling of petroleum products, careless use of naked flames, bush burning, poor storage of combustible materials and weak compliance with fire safety regulations as major causes of fire outbreaks. She added that rapid urbanisation, congested settlements, poor access roads and delays in reporting emergencies...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has successfully concluded the distribution of 24,302 food baskets donated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to vulnerable households in Yobe, Benue, Kebbi, Anambra and Taraba States. The humanitarian intervention, which was flagged off by the Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, on Thursday, 18th June, 2026, in Damaturu, Yobe State, was completed through direct distribution to profiled vulnerable households across the beneficiary states. A statement signed by Manzo Ezekiel on behalf of the Press Unit, NEMA, Abuja, dated  July 23,  2026, said that  a total of 6,403 food baskets were distributed in Benue State, 6,000 in Yobe State, 4,399 in Kebbi State, 4,000 in Anambra State and 3,500 in Taraba State, bringing the total number of distributed food baskets to 24,302. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Mrs. Zubaida Umar described the donation as another demonstration of the str...

Prominent political leaders, business executives, academics, traditional rulers, religious stakeholders, and development professionals converged in Kaduna for the maiden edition of the Omoniyi Salami Colloquium, a one-day national dialogue dedicated to addressing Nigeria's leadership challenges. Held at The Neat Place Luxury Hotel, Kaduna, the event, themed "Nigeria's Leadership Crisis: Who Do We Look To for Solutions – Political Leaders, Business Leaders, Religious Leaders?", was organised to commemorate the birthday of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NEAT Microcredit and The Neat Place Luxury Hotel, Alhaji Omoniyi Salami. The colloquium attracted an impressive gathering of business leaders, captains of industry, policymakers, academics, traditional rulers, friends, associates, and stakeholders from across the country, who engaged in robust conversations on the future of leadership in Nigeria. Delivering the keynote address, Dr. Olusegun ...

A socio-cultural organisation, the Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora (AEISCID), has cautioned against what it described as attempts to politicise the annual Okeaku (New Yam) Festival of the Ezza Ezekuna people, urging individuals and groups to respect established cultural traditions. In a statement signed on Saturday by its President, Ambassador Paschal Oluchukwu, the group expressed concerns over it called a departure from the customary process of fixing and celebrating the festival, which it said traditionally marks the beginning of a new calendar year for the Ezza nation. AEISCID alleged that a gathering organised on June 30, 2026, at the ancestral Okpoku Ezekuna (Nchionu) ground by a group identified as “Ezza Elites” was held without the guidance or approval of recognised traditional custodians of Ezza cultural heritage. According to the association, while every group has the constitutional right to peaceful assembly and freedom of associati...

*Urges US, EU, other international community to uncover truth in the appointment, bribery scandal  Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has called for a thorough forensic probe of how the principal intermediary in the appointment and bribery scandal Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola died mysteriously.  Frank said for accountability sake, the parents, family members, relatives and the nation at large, the public deserve to know what led to Tanimola's death at a time when his presence would have helped to uncover the truths in the current scandal rocking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government.  The presidency had in a statement by Bayo Onanuga dismissed allegations against the Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the scandalous activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and its Director General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.  In the said statement, the presi...