The Punch - 27 Jun 2025
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025 VOL. 50 NO. 23,532 www.punchng.com Federal revenue agencies face shake-up as Tinubu signs tax bills •customs, NUPRC, mdas may cede tax collection to NRS, new VAT sharing formula begins Jan 1, 2026
Oyo, Edo, 10 others to vote in August bye-elections The
Outrage as NULGE rejects Osun allocation transfer to APC chairmen
PDP BOT defies INEC, backs Makinde bloc for NEC meeting
Federal revenue agencies face shake-up as Tinubu signs tax bills
PDP BOT defies INEC, backs Makinde bloc for NEC meeting
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The fall of Sunshine Stars from football’s heaven After nearly two decades in Nigeria’s top-tier league, Sunshine Stars FC of Akure suffered a painful fall from grace. From inadequate funding and political interference to abandoned infrastructure and admi
FRSC officers detain over
Gospel artiste to die by hanging
Family seeks justice as suspected herdsmen kill Rivers farmer
Anambra tense as police hunt killers of slain inspector
For killing Nasarawa corper
Tricycle-snatching syndicate arrested in Adamawa
Passenger death in Edo
Ondo chief nabbed for suspected kidnapping, sexual assault
Gombe auto crash claims policeman, seven others
Experts warn Mountain Top varsity students against drug abuse
Police probe death after woman’s body found in A’ibom gutter
Oyo traders lament losses as fire guts three shops
Gridlock: Sanwo-olu advises residents on remote work arrangement
LAWMA blames PSP workers padding waste bill for price hike
Lagos urges patronage of free maternal, health services
Senate fumes as NNPCL shuns N210tn audit probe
IGP probes officer’s N2m retirement pay claim in viral video
Akume, Alia move to reunite amid Benue carnage
FCT workers mobilise for protest over poor welfare
Climate, trade top agenda as Shettima arrives in Ethiopia
Army flags fly half-mast to honour 17 slain soldiers
Wike denies 2,082-hectare land allocation to son
APC N’east youth groups clamour for Dogara
Aliyu bridges Sokoto housing
Kaduna poly, education college lecturers’ allege corps members earn higher pay
Niger laments children’s presence in mining sites
Bauchi trains media personnel in ethical journalism, digital skills
Gombe approves N21.2bn for 8.5km road, targets other projects
Groundnut millers hail Gombe industrial park initiative
Kano FRSC meeting strategises on mitigating trailer, tanker crashes
Gombe earmarks N6bn for retirees’ three-year backlog payment
FG provides healthcare access to 2700 vulnerable Bauchi, Jigawa patients
Kano inaugurates committee to drive tertiary institutions’ skills acquisition
How Gombe’s agro-livestock boosts N’east economy
Deficit with N22bn estate
UNICEF hails Bauchi husbands for supporting immunisation campaigns
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Benue secured, IDPS to return soon
MACBAN orders end to herder-farmer clashes in Nasarawa, Benue
Tinubu conference centre booked till 2027 despite criticism – Wike
RCCG donates office building to Ogun FRSC
Oyo zone ripe to produce next governor – Group
Ekiti community demands boundary report to avert clashes
Policymakers bet on recapitalisation to strengthen financial system
OLOYEDE
Egbetokun wrong on state police
Prioritise Nigerian children’s rights
Latency: In pursuit of the world’s smartest killers
LETTERS
Now that the tax reform bill has finally become law
Misinformation, President Tinubu, and Benue attacks
Home is sweet if home is safe
Looming crisis for 2027 election Habeeb Adisa
A cure or kill? Edith Declan
Nigeria exports 82% of crude as local refineries starve
Nigeria loses $1.1bn annually to medical tourism – Afreximbank
NGX Chairman asks Dangote to list refinery
NCC reviews laws to match tech growth
Governance failures threaten Nigeria’s devt finance goals – AFDB
NDLEA seizes 14 drug containers in Apapa
Shettima woos private sector to drive economic growth
Ministers, others to speak at NOG energy conference
NPA advocates stronger policies against marine debris
Expert canvases innovative tech for data management
Ex-bank workers’ lawsuits frustrating liquidation process – NDIC
Nigeria, Egypt lead $95bn remittance inflow to Africa
SMES record 115% surge in cyber attacks
Firstbank’s academy gets global recognition
UN, Sterling One seek solutions for climate crisis
Equity market loses N308bn as bullish run halts
TSL SPV lists N5bn infrastructure bond on NGX
Pencom urges PFAS to tap alternative investments
Foreign investment surges 88% to N118.9bn on NGX
Stanbic IBTC expands equity base with 2.94bn shares
Nigeria’s exports to African countries crash by N631.5bn
Frequent budget extensions deter investors, LCCI warns
Platform rebuts CAPPA’S sugar tax hike
SON decries proliferation of fake roofing sheets
International Breweries leads sustainability charge with returnable bottles
Pepsodent targets 2.7m pupils in oral health campaign
Power engineers blame politics for sector woes
SAHCO grows revenue to N28bn
Coscharis, Geely Motors unveil N1bn after-sales workshop
Julius Berger bags excellence award
Delta pupils jet out July 1 for Qatar debate contest
NUT, 0thers reject Edo’s plan to return schools to missionaries
Gen Z will power Africa’s digital future, say experts
Infrastructure deficit: Nasarawa to supply 15,716 desks to schools
FG unveils scheme to revive school farming
Adeola Odutola College alumni protest land encroachment
Old students restore electricity to Lagos school
Alumni renovate corps members’ lodge in Ogun
Ondo to relocate memorial park as residents slam Akeredolu’s widow
Insecurity: Senate to engage victims in regional summit
Afenifere pressures Tinubu on state police bill
Obas must accept traditional burials, says Ogun judge
Jubilation as EFCC releases ex-plateau dep speaker, 14 others
6,000 UNILAG students applied for loan scheme, says NELFUND
CREDICORP empowers 100 Rivers women with tricycles, others
Anambra, Edo, Oyo, nine others to vote in August by-elections
Makinde renames Ibadan Poly after ex-gov Olunloyo
Tinubu orders p?ersonnel audit in civil service
Katsina gov orders census of Almajiri, Islamiyya schools
Gombe suspends June sanitation over UTME mop-up
20 Kano LGAS attain ‘Open Defecation-free’ status
Finalists storm Lagos for 2025 Federation Cup finals
Madugu not under pressure to deliver 10th WAFCON title
KFN boss thrilled by medal haul in Cameroon
Groves hints Joshua vs Fury bout signed
Solution to Thursday puzzle
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Puzzle
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Madugu not under pressure to deliver 10th WAFCON title
Salvo
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