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Zenith Bank Plc has empowered 300 schoolgirls aged 13 to 17 with financial literacy, personal development and leadership skills under its maiden ‘Girl-Child Empowerment Programme, Banking on Her Tomorrow’.

Under the old, repealed Value Added Tax Act, businesses were trapped in an unfair, distorted tax system that treated essential operational expenses as luxury overheads.

50 persons have been officially confirmed dead, and 70 others are receiving treatment in four local hospitals following the explosion of a petrol tanker at Oluku along the Benin-Lagos Expressway in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) is advancing plans for its initial public offering (IPO) as it implements governance reforms and addresses financial reporting gaps identified by its advisers ahead of a potential capital market listing.

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tread carefully in the prosecution of opposition figures, particularly former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Behind every line was somebody’s ordinary day made unnecessarily difficult. A mother arrives at a hospital, already frightened for her child, discovering that the entrance has steps but no ramp. A young man preparing carefully for an interview, only to find his opportunity waiting upstairs without a lift. An older woman confronting a pavement that has forgotten her legs cannot move as quickly as they once did.

If your organization still handles tax correspondence with that casual approach, your business is operating under a severe financial hazard. Under Section 108 of the Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA) 2025, the government has fundamentally overhauled the penalty regime for non-responsiveness and information withholding.

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has posted $22.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared with a loss of $117.2 million in the corresponding period of 2025.

Golf has a way of turning innocent ambitions into personal obligations. We want to improve our handicaps, break scoring barriers and demonstrate that all those hours of practice have achieved something.

Whatever the precise circumstances that led to this unfortunate situation, it raises a fundamental question: How could an event of such national and professional significance be organised in a manner that left some of its principal stakeholders unable to gain entry? To be candid, a ceremony designed to celebrate the dignity of the legal profession must never become a source of embarrassment to its members.