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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that the National Identification Number (NIN) will automatically serve as the Tax Identification Number (TIN) for individual Nigerians beginning in 2026. The clarification was issued on Monday through a public awareness campaign on the new tax laws shared by the Service on X. According to the FIRS, registered businesses will also no …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON &  IDAHOSA MUSA do State Police Command has disclosed that cultism and kidnapping topped the state’s crime profile in 2025, with a total of 821 suspects arrested for various offences during the year. The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, CP Monday Agbonika, made this known while addressing journalists in Benin City on Monday, December 22, 2025. …

  By Idahosa Musa uman and vehicular movements were brought to a standstill on Monday as angry residents of Idokpa Community in Aduduwawa staged a protest over prolonged power outage, blocking the major highway linking Benin to other parts of Edo State and the North. The protesters barricaded the busy bypass leading into and out of Benin, causing hours-long gridlock …

By Idahosa Musa do State House of Assembly Ad-Hoc Committees on the Controversial Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) and the Radisson Blu Hotel have submitted their reports, formally recommending that the Edo State Government repossess both properties. The committees, in separate findings presented to the Assembly, stated that the land titles and funding for the two projects are vested …

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has directed troops deployed across Kwara, Edo, and Kogi states to intensify offensive operations aimed at decisively flushing out kidnappers and other criminal elements. Lt. Gen. Shaibu issued the directive on Monday, 22 December 2025, while addressing officers and soldiers at Odugbo Barracks, Ibadan, during his maiden operational visit to …

The kidnapping and release of the students and staff members comes amid a resurgence of mass kidnappings across Nigeria. Additional details have emerged about the students and staff of St Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, who regained their freedom on Sunday, one month after they were abducted from their dormitories on 21 November. The victims were released at a …

Donald Trump has sparked a fresh row with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the vast Arctic island he has said he would like to annex. Trump announced on Sunday that Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, would become the US’s special envoy to Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Gov Landry said in …

A Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, with officials pointing the finger at Ukraine for the latest apparent assassination of a senior military officer. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who ran the armed forces operational training department, died after an explosive device installed under the chassis of a car exploded on Monday morning, Russia’s investigative committee …

*Says all students abducted from the school have been rescued The Federal Government says it has rescued all the abducted St Mary’s Catholic Primary Secondary School pupils/students and their teachers who were abducted over a month ago ago. The National Coordinator, Counter Terrorism Center, Major General Adamu Laka (rtd), made this known in Minna on Monday while handing over newly …

President Donald Trump of the US The United States President, Donald Trump, has recalled nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy postings, including Nigeria, in a move aimed at reshaping Washington’s diplomatic posture in line with his “America First” priorities. The ambassadorial recalls were first reported by Politico and have reportedly sparked concern among some US lawmakers …