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Nigeria’s Used-car Imports Hit N1.71trn By Q3, 2025

Nigeria spent an estimated N1.71 trillion ($1.18 billion) on used vehicle imports in 2025, underscoring the country’s deepening dependence on second-hand cars as currency weakness, inflation and falling purchasing power continue to price new vehicles beyond the reach of most consumers. Market research by Mordor Intelligence puts the full-year import bill at N1.71 trillion, a...
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Nigeria Reaffirms Ecowas Leadership As Shettima Graces Guinea’s Presidential Inauguration

I n what obviously was an endorsement and upliftment of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) spirit of unity and togetherness, Vice President Kashim Shettima, representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday witnessed the swearing into office and inauguration of President S.E Mamadi Doumbouya as the President of Guinea Conakry. Doumnouya’s inauguration followed his...
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FG Budgets N26.71trn In 12 Years For Defence, Security

The Nigerian government has spent a total sum of N26.71 trillion of its 12 years budgets allocation to contain insecurity and defend the country against attacks, analysis of the country’s budget from 2015 to 2026 revealed. Nigeria’s territorial landscape comes under attacks from internal uprising by members of Islamic terrorist sects operating across the North,...
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NECA & NSITF Push for Safer Workplaces in Nigeria

The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association and the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund have intensified efforts to improve workplace safety standards across the country, warning that negligence, poor awareness, and a weak safety culture continue to expose Nigerian workers to preventable injuries and deaths. The renewed push was highlighted on Friday in Abuja at a press...
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20 Nigerian banks meet recapitalisation mark ahead of deadli

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that about 20 deposit money banks have already met the new capital requirements under the ongoing banking recapitalisation programme, as the apex bank shifts focus toward ensuring that stronger balance sheets translate into real sector credit growth. This was disclosed by the Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank...
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LIRS Fixes Jan 31 Deadline for 2025 Annual Tax Returns

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has reiterated the statutory deadline of January 31, 2026, for all employers of labour in the state to file their annual tax returns for the 2025 financial year. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Executive Chairman of LIRS, Dr Ayodele Subair, reminded employers that the obligation to file...
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Impending Tsunami In Soludo’s Cabinet

On Thursday January 15, all political appointees in Anambra State submitted their handover notes as directed by Governor Charles Soludo. Since then, there has been an uneasy calm among the former appointees. OKEY MADUFORO reports on the panic at the corridors of power in the state, especially as a sizable number of them may not...
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I’m Ready To Serve Beyond Senate, Yayi Declares

…As Anisulowo commended his developmental interventions The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District and Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi), has said that he is ready to serve beyond the Senate if so desired by his people. Adeola stated this on Friday at the Ogun West Senatorial Stakeholders Engagement Meeting held in...
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