The Nigerian Revenue Service (NRS) has set an ambitious revenue target of ₦40.7 trillion for 2026, following what it described as a strong performance in 2025 when it generated ₦28.3 trillion in tax revenue. The figure represents a 30.3 per cent increase from the ₦21.7 trillion recorded in 2024. The new target and performance breakdown were announced on Tuesday during the agency’s 2026 leadership retreat in Abuja. Speaking at the retreat, the Chairman of the...
Comrade Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has petitioned United States President, Donald Trump, warning that Nigeria’s democracy is under existential threat and could descend into chaos if alleged plans to manipulate the 2027 general elections are not halted. A statement on Monday indicated that, in a strongly worded open letter to Trump, dated February 7, 2026, the political activist had accused the ruling party and the...
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command serving in the Special Weapons and Tactics, SWAT, squad have arrested four male suspects in varying cases of vandalism in Enugu State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe stated this in a press release signed on 8th of February, 2026. “On 6th February 2026, at about 6:45 pm, operatives of the Command serving in the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Squad, while on routine patrol along...
Heavy security has been deployed to maintain order around the National Assembly on Monday, including the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, as Nigerians are currently converging in Abuja to protest the Senate’s rejection of e-transmission of election results. The protest, tagged ‘Occupy National Assembly’, had a prominent figure of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi. Speaking at the protest ground, Obi faulted the Senate’s position...
The Enugu State Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, for the year 2025 is N406,774,321,758.87, representing an 80 per cent performance of the budget projection as well as a 125 per cent IGR growth from the 2024 figure of N180.5 billion. Mr. Emmanuel Nnamani, Chairman of Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, ESIRS, disclosed this during a press briefing on Sunday. Nnamani attributed the steady growth in the state’s IGR to the present administration’s deployment of technology and...
Borno State Acting Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, has charged newly appointed judges in the state to uphold integrity, impartiality, and professionalism in the discharge of their duties. The Acting Governor gave the charge on Thursday at the Government House in Maiduguri while presiding over the swearing-in of the six newly appointed High Court judges. Kadafur said the appointments were aimed at improving efficiency and public confidence in the judiciary and part of efforts to strengthen...
The Lagos–Ibadan Expressway had been closed for six weeks to facilitate urgent repairs on expansion joints at Kara Bridge, Magboro Bridge, and Arepo-Punch Bridge. Ogun State Federal Controller of Works, Michael Komolafe, while addressing journalists at Kara Bridge, announced the closure of the bridge, apologised for the inconvenience . He assured motorists that enhanced traffic management measures would be implemented to ensure swift and safe repairs. “The closure became necessary to resume critical rehabilitation works...
The number of people massacred in Kwara State is beyond the figures the government is giving. A security expert, Salihu Dantata, has said that those killed in the incident are far beyond the figures released by the government, stressing that when the incident was happening, the inhabitants of the local government were transmitting the information. Dantata was reacting to the incident as it relates to the number of those killed on Thursday when he appeared...
…Alleges Grave Miscarriage of Justice Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction and multiple sentences imposed by the Federal High Court in Abuja, describing the trial as one marred by fundamental legal errors and a miscarriage of justice. In the notice of appeal dated 4 February 2026, Kanu asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment delivered on 20...
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has described the deadly attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area as a “pure massacre”, confirming that 75 victims killed in the assault have been buried. The Governor spoke on Wednesday night during a visit to the affected area and the Palace of the Emir of Kaiama, Muazu Omar, where he commiserated with residents and families of the victims. “It’s different from what we used...
