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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has criticized detractors of President Bola Tinubu’s tax reforms, accusing them of failing to grasp the significance of the initiatives.   . Akpabio made these remarks on Wednesday during President Tinubu’s presentation of the 2025 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly.   “Your Excellency, we commend you on your groundbreaking tax reform …

Yoruba Nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has called on President Bola Tinubu to caution Vice President Kashim Shettima over what he described as unwarranted verbal attacks on Kemi Badenoch, leader of the British Conservative Party.   Igboho’s statement, released on Sunday, December 15, followed reports of Shettima’s criticism of Badenoch. The British politician recently commented …

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim says he never gave up believing his side could fight back from falling a goal behind against Manchester City.

Nigerian rapper and singer Ice Prince, real name Panshak Zamani, has opened up about the time he spent at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos some two years ago. The rapper described the experience he had over the six days he spent in the prison as one he would not wish on his worst enemy. In September 2022, the rapper …

Just as with the first fight, Usyk v Fury 2 is a contest of fine margins. Usyk, 37, has collected all the belts at heavyweight and cruiserweight. Ukraine’s golden boy is unbeaten in 22 fights with 14 knockouts and showed every inch of his capabilities in his last bout. Usyk’s best attribute continues to be his boxing brain and fantastic …

Tobi Adegboyega, a Nigerian pastor at the center of a UK deportation controversy, claims he overstayed in the country because he “lost track of time.”   In an interview with the BBC published on Friday, the 44-year-old founder of the SPAC Nation church revealed that he arrived in the UK on a visitor’s visa in 2005 at the age of …

In celebration of its fifth year in Africa, Audiomack has unveiled some of the major milestones accomplished by Nigerian artists on the streaming platform. Since entering Africa, Audiomack has grown to become one of the most popular music streaming platforms whose freemium and premium services attracted millions of listeners. To mark its fifth anniversary in Nigeria, Audiomack unveiled some insightful …

Nigeria’s power grid has once again collapsed, making it the 12th time in 2024.    The Independent System Operator (ISO) website showed all the generation power plants on the grid did not produce electricity by 2pm, having all contributed an average of 3,087 megawatts of electricity by 1pm   In a statement, the Jos Disco confirmed the collapse, saying; “The …

A chatbot told a 17-year-old that murdering his parents was a “reasonable response” to them limiting his screen time, a lawsuit filed in a Texas court claims. Two families are suing Character.ai arguing the chatbot “poses a clear and present danger” to young people, including by “actively promoting violence.” Character.ai – a platform which allows users to create digital personalities …

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial to give testimony.   Netanyahu, 75, is Israel’s first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime and is the country’s longest-serving leader, having been in power almost consecutively since 2009. “I have been waiting for eight years for …