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Coalition Commends NRS Over N711bn to N3.6trn Revenue Surge, Says Reforms Driving Economic Stability

NewsDeskNgApr 16, 2026April 16, 20260

Nigeria’s ongoing fiscal reforms have drawn commendation from a coalition of civic and economic advocacy groups, which say recent revenue gains signal a turning point in the country’s long-troubled public finance system. In a statement issued on Thursday, Dr Clarus Nnaemeka, national president of the Coalition for Fiscal Justice, Economic...

Former Lawmakers: External Calls for Matawalle’s Removal Ignore Ground Realities and Could Undermine Nigeria’s Defence Strategy

NewsDeskNgApr 16, 2026April 16, 20260

The Former Parliamentarians Forum has dismissed recent calls for the removal of Bello Matawalle as “misinformed and dangerously reductive,” warning against the growing trend of external actors drawing sweeping conclusions about Nigeria’s security architecture without sufficient context or engagement with local realities. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed...

Ayooluwa Oladimeji: Nigeria’s SME Growth Depends On Access To Liquidity

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

Ayooluwa Oladimeji highlights Nigeria’s massive SME funding gap, stressing liquidity as key to business expansion and economic growth. The Acting Executive Director of Commercial Solutions at Zedvance, Ayooluwa Oladimeji, has said that the growth of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria is heavily dependent on access to liquidity, stressing...

Sani Usman: Fighting Terrorism In Nigeria A Collective Responsibility

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

Sani Usman links rising attacks in Nigeria to insurgent tactics and societal factors, calls for collective national response. A former spokesperson of the Nigerian Army and Consultant Director at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Brigadier General Sani Usman (retd.), has said that tackling insurgency in Nigeria requires a collective national...

Offset Returns To Stage At Coachella Days After Florida Casino Shooting

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

Rapper Offset performs at Coachella in wheelchair days after Florida casino shooting, marking emotional return to stage. US rapper Offset has returned to live performance at the Coachella music festival just days after surviving a shooting incident in Florida. The former Migos member appeared on stage in a wheelchair for...

Russia Sends Second Post-Sanctions LNG Cargo To China From Portovaya

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

Russia sends second post-sanctions LNG cargo from Portovaya to China, highlighting continued energy exports despite Western restrictions. Russian energy giant Gazprom has delivered a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to China from its Portovaya plant following Western sanctions, according to shipping data released on Wednesday. The Portovaya facility, located...

First Prosecution Of its Kind As Teen Faces Charges Over AI Deepfake Abuse In Australia

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

19-year-old becomes first charged under new law criminalising AI deepfake sexual images, facing multiple offences and prison time. A 19-year-old, William Hamish Yeates, has become the first person charged under a new national law criminalising the manipulation of sexual images, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of seven years...

Group Demands Immediate Sack of NAFDAC DG Over ‘Illegal’ Alcohol Ban

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

A civil society group, the Concerned Citizens Network, has called for the immediate removal of Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), over what it described as “gross incompetence and abuse of public office.” Addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday,...

Victim’s Resistance Leads To Arrest Of Suspected Kidnapper In Ondo

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

Police arrest suspected kidnapper in Ondo after victim’s resistance left suspect injured, aiding identification and capture. A suspected kidnapper has been arrested in Isua Akoko, headquarters of the Akoko South-East Local Government Area in Ondo after a victim’s brave resistance during abduction left the suspect with a telltale injury that...

How Junaidu is charting the Renewed hope at IST

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2026April 15, 20260

By Sam Osagie The necessity for national reconstruction within Nigeria’s economic governance has brought the emergence of a distinguished figure in person of Barrister Aminu Junaidu, who is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment and Securities Tribunal. This is a man who do not merely occupy office;...