Tax reform bills, in recent weeks, have been a subject of strong debate among politicians, governors, experts, and ordinary Nigerians. While northern politicians have strongly opposed them, Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, has consistently emphasised the importance of the bills for Nigeria’s economic growth. The amount companies … Read more
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has refuted a report, which claimed that 88,136 students were unable to apply for its loans. In a statement released to clarify the matter on Sunday, NELFUND director of strategic communications, Mrs. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, said the report misrepresented the loan application process. She explained that the discrepancy between registered … Read more
Nigeria is currently ranked sixth on the list of Africa’s visa openness index marking a significant improvementThe ease with which visitors can obtain permission to visit and enter a country is known as visa opennessThis implies that a country is more visa-open if it makes it easier for tourists to visit according to a new … Read more
Arsenal were held to a 1-1 Premier League draw by London rivals Fulham on Sunday at Craven Cottage as Raúl Jiménez scored early for the hosts and William Saliba equalised for the visitors at the start of the second half. The result left Arsenal second in the table on 29 points ahead of third-placed Chelsea’s … Read more
The Nigerian currency, the naira, has witnessed rapid gains in the foreign exchange markets in recent weeksData from the FX markets shows that the naira has gained over N300 in the last three weeksThe development is due mainly to the introduction of the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System (EFEMS) by CBN Henzodaily.ng’s Pascal Oparada has … Read more
Nollywood actress Lala Akindoju and her husband, Gbugbemi Fregene, have welcomed their second child, a boy. TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the media personality shared the good news on Instagram today December 8. Sharing photos, she wrote: “2024 gave us..A crown of God given life, as we bask in the joy of the Lord that we … Read more
The Afenifere Diaspora in the United States of America (USA) has described the purported arrest of lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi as frivolous, adding that the criminal charges allegedly concocted against him by the Nigeria Police were to get him incarcerated. Secretary of Afenifere Diaspora USA, Comrade David Adenekan, in a statement … Read more
Victor Osimhen has set a new Galatasaray record after scoring in their 3-2 win over Sivasspor on SundayThe Nigerian international has now scored ten goals for the Turkish club since his loan move from NapoliHe won a penalty in the highly entertaining encounter inside the packed over 27,000-capacity Sivas 4 Eylul Stadium Nigerian international Victor … Read more
A yet -to be identified policeman has shot and killed a young teenage boy for throwing a knock out in Delta State. TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that an X user, Nicholas Jackson Stan via the microblogging platform, called out the force, saying, “The police in Ozoro, Delta State shot and killed a 17 years old boy cos he … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect John Dramani Mahama on his victory in the December 7 general election in Ghana, following his opponent’s concession speech. In a telephone call to Mahama, President Tinubu hoped that Mahama’s ascension to power for the second time would further bring stability to the Economic Community of West African … Read more