Senate tinkers with N/W, S/E Commissions Acts over MD, Chairmanship positions

*As South-South Commission bill passes second reading Senate on Thursday resolved to amend the North West and South East Development Commission Acts over positions of Managing Director and Chairman. This is even as it passed for second reading, the South-South Development Commission bill, which was earlier stood down over the existence of the Niger Delta […]

CSO urges NAHCON boss to focus on 2025 Hajj, shun distraction

A civil society organization, CSO that monitors and reports Hajj and Umrah activities in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, the Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, has urged the Acting Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Professor Abdullahi Usman Saleh, to avoid distraction and focus attention on the 2025 Hajj preparations “that is currently moving […]

Tinubu writes NASS to change FIRS name to National Revenue Service

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday forwarded four executive bills on tax reforms to the National Assembly for legislative process and approval, including the one seeking for renaming of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS to Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS. The name changing bill for FIRS as contained in the letter addressed to the Senate President, […]