Google, Netflix, Facebook and other foreign companies operating in Nigeria paid N2.55tn in taxes to the Federal Government in the first six months of 2024. The amount represents an increase of 158.76 per cent from N985.27bn collected in the preceding period of 2023. The figure includes Company Income Tax and …

He faulted the award of the contract, describing it as extravagant. According to Adeyanju, the move is unacceptable, especially considering the state’s financial constraints and pressing developmental needs. A human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has taken a swipe at the Bayelsa State Government for its decision to award the sum …

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested. It was gathered that Sowore was arrested on Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. His flight left Washington Dulles International Airport at 6.14 EDT and arrived in Lagos …

Afrobeats singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has called out Nigerian politicians for refusing to provide adequate measures to address hardship and poor governance in the country. The ‘Benin Boys’ crooner urged the government to implement more effective solutions, rather than just providing temporary relief such as sharing of …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over his failure to direct a probe of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and reverse the recent increase in the pump price of petrol. Joined in the suit as respondents are the Attorney General …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has honoured two heads of security agencies for their roles in improving security in the FCT. The honorees are Assistant Inspector-General (AI-G) of Police, Benneth Igweh and Assistant Director-General (D-G), Department of State Services (DSS), Ado Muazu. Igwe, the …

The high cost of sourcing petroleum products from third-party marketers other than the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has reportedly led to many filling stations in Aba shutting down. Sunday Punch reveals that some filling stations in the Abia State commercial city that sell petrol to the people at …

Popular Nollywood actress and politician, Kate Henshaw, has lambasted a fan who requested N35 million from her online. The film star, in a recent post on her X wondered why anyone would ask her for such a sum of money. Henshaw argued that people who are not financially buoyant enough …

   Olieh Somtochukwu, an employee of a real estate firm in Anambra State, has become the first person to win N1 million in the Glo Jolly Win promotion. The promotion is being run in partnership with Tetragrammaton, NCC-licensed Nitroswitch, an aggregator company, and Tetragrammaton, a value-added service provider. Somtochukwu staked …

  …Presidential Committee on Flooding also donates N1bn   Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) and Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has donated a whopping sum of one billion Naira to help assuage the pains of the Maiduguri flood victims in Borno State.   …