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Here are the top ten stories from across the country.
1. Atiku warns against ‘procedural shortcuts’ in re-gazetting disputed tax laws
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a stern warning to the leadership of the National Assembly, cautioning that any attempt to “hurriedly re-gazette” the controversial 2025 Tax Reform Acts without fresh legislative proceedings would constitute a grave constitutional breach.Read more
2. ADC slams Tinubu’s Europe trip amid US military strikes, Zamfara blast
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has launched a scathing critique of President Bola Tinubu’s departure for Europe, describing the timing of the trip as a “scary” display of detachment from the nation’s current security crisis.Read more
3. SERAP sues governors, Wike ‘over failure to account for N14trn fuel subsidy savings
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the spending of the N14trn fuel subsidy savings they collected from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations, including details of projects executed with the money, and the completion reports on the projects.”Read more
4. PFN president backs US-Nigeria collaboration, demands final defeat of terrorists
Bishop Wale Oke, the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has issued a powerful call to action for President Bola Tinubu, demanding a relentless and uncompromising offensive against the bandits and terrorists ravaging the nation.Read more
5. ’Nigeria needs help but not from religious bigots and genocide enablers’ —Gumi
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has conceded that Nigeria truly needs assistance and help in the fight against terrorism and extremism but definitely not from those he described as religious bigots, racists and enablers of genocide globally.Read more
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6. After Sokoto airstrikes, US commences intelligence flights surveillance of Sambisa forest
After the Christmas Day airstrikes carried out by the United States in Sokoto State, the US Department of War has commenced what it calls intelligence and surveillance flights over the notorious Sambisa Forest in Borno State.Read more
7. UK Deacon Nick Donnelly wants Sheik Gumi arrested, prosecuted over comments on US Christmas airstrikes
A prominent Catholic cleric in the United Kingdom, Deacon Nick Donnelly, has called on the Nigerian government to immediately arrest and prosecute controversial Nigerian Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his condemnation of the Christmas Day airstrikes carried out in parts of Sokoto State by the United States.Read more
8. NASS workers threaten industrial action over alleged federal character violations in appointments
Tensions are rising within the National Assembly bureaucracy as the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has formally challenged the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) over what it describes as a persistent breach of the federal character principle.Read more
9. Ojulari hails fuel price war, says Nigerians are the beneficiaries
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has assured the public that the aggressive price competition currently shaking the downstream petroleum sector is a positive milestone for the country.Read more
10. ‘He Sent Me Explicit Video’, actress Doris Ogala makes fresh claims against Pastor Chris Okafor
Nollywood actress Doris Ogala has made fresh and controversial allegations against Pastor Chris Okafor, founder of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministry, further escalating an already heated public feud between the two.Read more
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