By: Oluwaseun Lawal Money may soon flow a little differently. Maybe a little fuller too. The Federal Government says its fresh tax reforms — alongside a new Presidential Executive Order on oil and gas remittances — will increase what gets shared at FAAC. More funds into the Federation Account. More to distribute to federal, state,…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Smoke has barely cleared from Singer Market in Kano, yet the questions are already rising. What went wrong. And why does this keep happening? On Tuesday, the Senate stepped in. Lawmakers directed their Committee on Interior, chaired by Senator Adams Oshiomhole, to dig deep into both the immediate and underlying causes of…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Big hall. Bright lights. Bold promises. On Tuesday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu formally unveiled Nigeria’s Industrial Policy 2025, describing it as a practical roadmap to rebuild the country’s industrial backbone. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, the president charged ministries and agencies to move…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The sky was watched. And then the announcement came. Saudi Arabia has declared that Ramadan 2026 will begin on Wednesday after authorities confirmed the sighting of the crescent moon on Tuesday evening. The royal court made it official shortly after reports were submitted to the Supreme Court. As is tradition, teams of…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal A name on a list. Then another. And another. In a sweeping update released on February 10, the United States Department of the Treasury, through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), placed eight Nigerians on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List — better known as the SDN List. The…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal That familiar visa sticker on your passport? It’s about to disappear. From February 25, 2026, Nigerians applying for UK visit visas will no longer receive the physical vignette pasted inside their passports. Instead, the United Kingdom will issue electronic visas — eVisas — as part of its shift toward a fully digital…
