President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the establishment of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. He appointed the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, as committee chairman. Friday’s development comes barely 24 hours after the President signed four Executive Orders, suspending the five per cent excise tax on telecommunication services and …

President Bola Tinubu has approved that plans for the 2023 national census be sustained. The President is however expected to fix a new date for the national population and housing census. The initial date set for its conduct was postponed indefinitely last April. ⁣ After his delegation gave the President a full briefing at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja on …

President Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services and the Excise Duties escalation on locally manufactured products. Among them is the The Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, 2023, which defers the commencement date of the changes contained in the Act from 23rd May …

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, backed the implementation of a $5bn Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in the country. The President gave the backing when he received a group of joint venture partners made up of UTM FLNG, TECHNIP Energies and JGC Corporation in his office, alongside Ambassadors of France and Japan to Nigeria. Addressing State House correspondents after …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed confidence that his administration is on the path to success despite the country’s challenges, saying Nigeria has no reason to fail the African continent. While receiving visiting Bank of America officials in his office at the State House on Tuesday, the President stressed that his government was committed to instituting reforms that would engender …

President Bola Tinubu has urged the newly appointed service chiefs to work as a team, underscoring that there is work to be done. Tinubu made the remark when he met the new National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu and the new service chiefs for the first time on Monday, since their appointment on 19th June. In a chat with …

Spokesperson to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday, denied that the former leader asked his successor not to investigate some ministers under the previous government. He also said Buhari had left Daura for London to get some needed rest which, constant visits from well-wishers, had denied him. “If social media is to be believed, former President Muhammadu …

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday departed France for London, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake. President Tinubu had concluded his official trip to Paris, France on Friday, during which he had an outstanding participation in the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. …

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has called on President Bola Tinubu to tackle illegal mining in the country, which he said was responsible for the loss of billions of dollars annually. In a statement on Friday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, Adams added that the newly signed electricity reform bill and students’ educational …

President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Paris, France to join his counterparts from across the world at the Paris Summit for the New Global Financial Pact. The President’s official Gulfstream jet departed the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 11:30 am Tuesday for his first foreign trip as president. The two-day summit, which will be hosted …