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TCC does not represent an additional tax burden for citizens — KGIRS

The Chief Executive Officer of Kogi State Inland Revenue Service (KGIRS), Alhaji Salihu Sule Enehe, has addressed the requirement of Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) for students seeking admission into the three universities in the state. Responded to concerns raised by...

Los Angeles: Three wildfires contained and five still burning in the US

Wildfires are raging across several areas of Los Angeles, with strong winds and extremely dry conditions driving their advance across thousands of acres of land. The most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history have devastated neighborhoods, forced desperate evacuations and...

Nigeria's inflation rate may fall to 27% in December: Report

Nigeria's headline inflation rate is projected to decline to 27.1% by December 2025, after averaging 30.5% year-on-year throughout the year, according to the Economic Summit Group Business Confidence Monitor report. Nigeria (NESG)-Stanbic IBTC. The report predicts that headline inflation will...

Invest in flood-resistant schools, group urges FG and states

Nigeria's federal and state governments have been urged to take urgent action to address the devastating impact of severe flooding on the country's education. This was the highlight of a pilot survey conducted by a non-profit organization, the Geohazards Risk...

What you need to know about the 'devastating' Los Angeles wildfires

The wildfires raging in Los Angeles have claimed at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes, with parts of the Hollywood Hills under imminent threat from the advancing flames. The disaster has left...

Youth urged to harness digital technology for national development

The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as well as regional stakeholders, has called on Nigerian youths, particularly those in the Niger Delta, to embrace digital technology as a transformative tool to improve their skills and contribute...

FG seeks collective approach to overcome youth challenges

The Federal Government has called for a collective approach to effectively address the pressing challenges facing youth in Nigeria. The Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, made the call during a meeting with the Nigerian Youth Future Fund (NYFF),...

Wildfires interrupt 12 television productions in Los Angeles

The current wildfires in Los Angeles have caused the interruption of several television productions. Tribune Online reports that the county Fire Department estimates that more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed in the Palisades fire, and another 1,000 damaged or...

How planned increase in telecom tariffs will help reduce inflation: Rewane

Financial Derivatives CEO Bismarck Rewane has said the increase in telecommunication tariffs proposed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would help reduce inflation. Tribune Online reports that Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, confirmed that the...

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic nuns in Anambra

Anambra State has been plunged into another state of anxiety following the kidnapping of two Catholic Reverend Sisters, Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Grace Mariette Okoli. Nigerian Tribune reported that the incident occurred on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, along Ufuma road,...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...