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Tunji Disu, Oyedele: Reviving up the governance engine

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2026

By Tunde Rahman Last week has been hugely significant in Nigeria’s contemporary history. The plaudits arising from the announcement of Executive Order 9, aimed at curbing opacity in the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and instilling transparency and accountability, had

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Breaking: Tinubu nominates Oyedele as minister of state for finance

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2026

…Anite move to Budget and National Planning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration. President Tinubu has today conveyed […]

BUSINESS

New Tax Laws boost workers’ take-home pay as PAYE deductions drop – Oyedele

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2026

Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that Nigerian workers are already seeing improved take-home pay following a reduction in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) deductions under the newly implemented tax regime. Oyedele made the disclosure in a post on X on Monday, citing feedback from employees who […]

NEWS

House rejects Minority Caucus’ ad-hoc panel on Tax Laws

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2026

The House of Representatives has distanced itself from an ad-hoc committee set up by the Minority Caucus to probe alleged changes in sections of the newly passed tax laws. In a statement, the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi, clarified that the power to constitute an ad-hoc committee for oversight purposes lies exclusively with the Speaker and […]

NEWS

FG halts guidelines on new Tax Laws over uncertainty on final version

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2026

The Federal Government has suspended the release of implementation guidelines for Nigeria’s new tax laws due to uncertainty surrounding the final approved text, according to Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Tax Reform Committee. Oyedele disclosed this in Lagos at the 2026 Economic Outlook event organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

NEWS

Tax Reform: I face death threats for overhauling Nigeria’s faulty system — Oyedele

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2026

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that he has received threats to his life as a result of his involvement in Nigeria’s ongoing tax reforms. Oyedele made the revelation in Abuja while speaking at a governance colloquium organised to celebrate the 50th birthday of the […]