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- 4 Jan 2026
House of Reps Releases Certified Copies of Tax Reform Acts amid Gazette Discrepancy Claims
House of Representatives has released certified true copies of the four tax reform Acts signed into law by President Bola Tinubu, addressing public concerns over alleged discrepancies between…
- 16 Jan 2024
Court Adjourns 4Bn suit against First Bank Plc
An Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice Chukwunweike Ogbuabor, on Tuesday adjourned a N4 billion lawsuit against First Bank of Nigeria Plc to Feb. 29 and March 5, for continuation of…
- 6 Jul 2022
Organ Harvest Saga: Court Orders NIMC to Supply David Ukpo’s Biodata to AGF
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has been ordered by a Federal High Court, on Wednesday, to supply the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) with the certified true copy (CTC)…
- 21 Dec 2025
SERAP Asks Tinubu to Release CTC of Tax Bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “urgently direct Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to…
- 17 Jun 2025
CAC Announces Upward Review of Service Fees
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced an upward review of its service fees, which will take effect from August 1, 2025. The announcement was made through the commission’s official social…
- 17 Oct 2021
CAC Blocks Suspected New Companies Registration Applications
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said it has blocked many suspected fraudulent applications aimed at registering new companies similar to existing ones by some Nigerians trying to take over lands…
- 22 Apr 2019
CBN Bans Mortgage Banks from Granting Dollar Loans
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred Primary Mortgage Banks from granting foreign currency denominated mortgage loans to customers, according to a draft guideline for the licensing and regulation…
- 27 May 2015
Group in Last Minute Effort to Stop Buhari’s Inauguration
Advocacy for Societal Rights Advancement and Development Initiative (ASRADI) has instituted a fresh suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Chief Justice…
- 5 Aug 2014
CBN to Raise DFIs Capital Base to N100Bn
The likes of Bank of Industry (BoI), so-called development finance institutions (DFIs) will be required to shore up their capital base to N100 billion, if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) goes ahead…
- 15 Oct 2021
EU Partners FIRS to Deepen CSOs Tax Knowledge, Compliance
Determined to ensure accountability and transparency as part of its good governance drive in Nigeria, the European Union has engaged with the Federal Inland Revenue Service to deepen the knowledge of…
- 29 Jun 2009
Nitda Proposes e-Signature, New Law to Secure e-Business
Very soon, you may have to think twice before you click a button because the federal government is proposing a new law to make electronic documents and signatures as valid as their paper and ink…
- 15 Jan 2026
FG Halts Tax Guidelines Amid Uncertainty Over Final Laws – Oyedele
Federal Government has suspended the issuance of implementation guidelines for the new tax laws due to lingering doubts about their final version, Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Tax…
- 13 Feb 2024
Alleged $6.2m Fraud: FG Enlists INTERPOL to Arrest 3 Suspects Linked to Emefiele
Federal government has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff and two others on its Red Notice. Monday’s request is connected to an alleged…
- 26 Apr 2024
OJI Demands Ban on Netflix, TikTok, Others over Same-Sex Content
Civil Society Organisation (CSO) under the auspices of Open Justice Initiative (OJI), has threatened to drag the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to court if it fails to ban Netflix, TikTok,…
- 24 Jun 2024
Alleged Debt: Court Freezes Accounts of Swift Networks
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted Union Bank Plc. an interim order of Injunction restraining Swift Networks Limited and its agents from accessing funds and assets in all banks pending…
- 26 Jul 2024
CAC Issues Guidelines for Banks Recapitalisation, Merger
The Corporate Affairs Commission has issued fresh guidelines to assist Deposit Money Banks in the ongoing recapitalisation. The commission, in a statement signed by its management and posted on its…
- 25 Aug 2024
#EndBadGovernance Protest: Court freezes 32 individuals, coys’ bank accounts
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies’ linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and…
- 26 Mar 2025
Court Throws Out Falana’s Fraud Case against Ekeh, Zinox Boss and Others
Federal High Court in the Bwari Judicial Division has thrown out a case of fraud filed against the Chairman of Zinox Technologies, Mr. Leo Stan Ekeh, his wife, Chioma Ekeh, and 11 others. Femi Falana…
- 7 Aug 2025
Zenith Bank Slammed with ₦85m Fine for Freezing Account on Invalid Court Order
A High Court in Abuja has awarded a fine of N85 million against Zenith Bank Plc for freezing a customer’s bank account by relying on an invalid court order. Justice S. U. Bature, in a judgment, also…
- 15 Oct 2025
EFCC Witness Admits Arik Air Had N71Bn Bad Loan Before AMCON Takeover
A prosecution witness in the ongoing criminal trial involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former AMCON Managing Director, Mr Ahmed Kuru, has admitted that Arik Air Limited…
- 1 Jan 2026
FIRS Rebrands as Nigeria Revenue Service, as New Tax Laws Take Effect
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has officially metamorphosed into the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), unveiling its new institutional brand identity. The development ushers a new dawn in…
- 7 Apr 2026
How Unethical Deals Triggered CBN Takeover of Union Bank -Forensic Report
A forensic audit report has detailed the multi-trillion naira financial mismanagement that led to the January 2024 sack of former directors and owners of Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) and the…
- 2 May 2013
Nipost Retunes Guidelines for Couriers’ Registration
Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) has released its updated rules to guide companies and individuals seeking to register courier firms in the country. Under the new guidelines tagged “Courier…
- 5 May 2015
Court Okays Extradition of Okoyomon, Ex-Mint Boss for Bribery
Federal High Court in Abuja has approved the extradition of Mr Ehidiamhem Okoyomon, a former managing director of the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC) to the United Kingdom to…
- 11 Jul 2018
FG Unveils Campaign against Fake News
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has launched a National Campaign Against Fake News, calling the phenomenon a time bomb that can detonate with deadly consequences if left…
- 12 Jul 2018
HURIWA Asks Buhari to Sack Adeosun, Others over Forgery
The Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance, and other members of his cabinet accused of certificate…
- 29 Jul 2019
Court Tasks NIMC on Security and Privacy, Commends Paradigm Initiative’s Data Privacy Advocacy
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has commended Paradigm Initiative for its advocacy work in Nigeria and urges the organization not to rest on its oars. This commendation was given while…
- 27 Sept 2019
Witness Testifies against Mba, Others in NBC’s N2.9Bn Fraud Allegation
Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, a principal witness, has given a detailed account of how Emeka Mba, former director-general of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and four others, fraudulently transferred…
- 6 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: Court Gives CBN Nod to Freeze 20 Accounts
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted request of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze accounts of some 19 individuals and a firm linked with the #EndSARS protests. Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CBN…
- 24 Dec 2020
FOI: NGO Drags Bank to Court over Information
Citizens Awareness against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative (CAACASVI), anti-corruption vanguard group, has sued a bank for non disclosure of information, under the Freedom of Information (FOI)…