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Shutting Down Onitsha Market Is Adding Fuel to Fire

Shutting Down Onitsha Market Is Adding Fuel to Fire

Africa-Press - Nigeria. A shop owner at the Onitsha main market, Gibson Okafor, has said that shutting down the market is entirely putting fire...
Adeleke Defends Economic Policies Against APC Blueprint

Adeleke Defends Economic Policies Against APC Blueprint

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has criticised the economic blueprint unveiled by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC,...
Woman shot in clash with tax collectors in Kogi

Woman shot in clash with tax collectors in Kogi

A woman simply identified as Facilla has been shot during a confrontation with charcoal tax collectors in the Agbede area of Kabba Local Government...
Nigeria’s T-Bills attracted N3.44tn oversubscription – CBN

Nigeria’s T-Bills attracted N3.44tn oversubscription – CBN

Nigerian Treasury Bills, NT-Bills, recorded robust investor appetite at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Primary Market Auction, PMA, on Wednesday, with total subscriptions hitting...
Illegal miner bags five-year jail term in Kwara

Illegal miner bags five-year jail term in Kwara

A 52-year-old man, Ilori Elicanah, on Wednesday bagged a five-year jail term for illegal mining activities. A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, presided...
Nigeria Needs Special Courts for Corruption Trials

Nigeria Needs Special Courts for Corruption Trials

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Former Consultant on Communications and Strategy to the President of the Senate, Kenny Okolugbo, says there must be a special court...
New tax law not weapon against poor – Lagos APC

New tax law not weapon against poor – Lagos APC

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the new tax law is not a weapon against the...
NNPCL reduces fuel price again

NNPCL reduces fuel price again

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has again reduced its premium motor spirit price. Who went round Abuja on Monday morning,...
Why Nigeria’s new tax law may not succeed – CPPE

Why Nigeria’s new tax law may not succeed – CPPE

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has said the new tax laws, which began January 1, 2026, may not...
Nigerian Depot Owners Raise Petrol Prices Amid Shutdown

Nigerian Depot Owners Raise Petrol Prices Amid Shutdown

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Several petroleum products depot owners and marketers in Nigeria have increased their ex-depot petrol price over the alleged planned shutdown of...