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Oil Producers Raise Alarm Over 270 Taxes , Urge FG To Ease Regulatory Burden Nigeria's independent oil producers have expressed concern over what they describe as an excessive tax regime, warning that the proliferation of taxes, levies and regulatory charges is increasing the cost of crude oil production and weakening the country's competitiveness. The concerns were raised during the 2026 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week, where the Group Chief Executive Officer of Aradel Holdings and Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), Adegbite Falade, said operators currently contend with more than 270 different taxes, fees and charges imposed by various government agencies. According to him, the cumulative financial and administrative burden is gradually eroding the incentives introduced under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), which was designed to attract investment into Nigeria's oil and gas sector. Falade noted that Nigeria missed v...

SUBEB Executive Secretary Commends Udege Education Authority, School Management During Working Visit The Executive Secretary of Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Ashiya Ahmed, has reaffirmed the Board's commitment to improving the quality of basic education across the state as she paid a working visit to the Udege Area Administrative Council Education Authority. The visit formed part of the Executive Secretary's routine assessment and monitoring of schools and education authorities to evaluate performance, identify challenges and strengthen service delivery within the basic education sector. During the visit, Dr. Ashiya Ahmed met with the management and staff of the Udege Area Administrative Council Education Authority, where she held fruitful discussions on strategies for improving teaching and learning, effective school administration, staff commitment and enhanced educational outcomes across the area. She commended the Education Secretar...

99% Of World's Population To Experience Sunlight Simultaneously On Wednesday Nearly 99 percent of the world's population is expected to experience sunlight or some form of twilight at the same time on Wednesday, in a rare annual astronomical phenomenon driven by the Earth's tilt and orbital position. According to an explainer published by Al Jazeera, the event is expected to occur at about 11:10 GMT on July 8, when approximately 8.2 billion people across the globe will be in daylight or one of the twilight phases simultaneously. The phenomenon occurs because the Northern Hemisphere is in summer, causing the Sun's illumination to cover the regions where the overwhelming majority of the world's population lives. As a result, only about 1 percent of humanity, roughly 83 million people will experience complete nighttime at that moment. Experts explain that those outside full daylight will still be within civil, nautical or astronomical twilight, meaning the ...

NASHIA Begins Free Health Insurance Enrollment For Vulnerable Residents Across Nasarawa The Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency (NASHIA) has commenced the enrollment of vulnerable residents into the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), a programme designed to improve access to essential healthcare services for disadvantaged groups across the state. According to a public announcement issued by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Agency, the enrollment exercise began on Monday, June 29, 2026, and will be conducted at BHCPF-accredited Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities located in all 147 electoral wards of Nasarawa State. The Agency explained that the initiative is targeted at indigent persons, elderly citizens, children under the age of five, pregnant women, and persons living with disabilities, all of whom will benefit from the free healthcare coverage. NASHIA, however, stressed that possession of a valid National Identity Number (NIN) is a mandatory requi...

Udege Education Authority Clarifies Circumstances Surrounding Queries Issued To Four Staff The Office of the Education Secretary, Udege Area Administrative Council Education Authority, has clarified the circumstances surrounding the issuance of queries to four members of staff, dismissing as false and misleading claims circulating on social media that the action was politically motivated. In a statement made available to journalists, the Education Authority explained that the disciplinary action was taken strictly in accordance with the Nasarawa State Public Service Rules and other extant civil service regulations governing the conduct of public officers, stressing that the decision was purely administrative and intended to uphold discipline and accountability within the education system. The Authority identified the affected staff as Okah Yahaya Osayi, Anukpo Ogba Joseph, Odumu Magaji David and Abdullahi Usman. According to the statement, the four officers were issued quer...

ROCI Appeals To Presidency For Urgent Intervention On Displaced Udege Communities The Restore Our Communities Initiative (ROCI), a non-partisan citizens' advocacy group, has appealed to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (North Central), Dr. Mrs. Abiodun Essiet, to facilitate urgent federal intervention towards the safe return, reconstruction and sustainable security of communities displaced by the February attacks in Udege Area Administrative Council of Nasarawa Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. In a letter dated June 26, 2026 and addressed to the presidential aide, the Initiative expressed concern over the continued displacement of residents of Akyawa-Baka, Gidan Ogiri (Sabon Gida), Ittara, Udegen Ƙasa and Apura Adagba, noting that the victims have remained away from their ancestral homes for about five months due to persistent insecurity. According to ROCI, the attacks resulted in the loss of more than one hundred lives, the de...