The World Bank has predicted that the Federal Government will save N2 trillion in the remaining six months of 2023 with the removal of petrol subsidy and over N11 trillion by 2025. The World Bank made this projection in its June 2023 Nigeria Development Update released on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the NDU report, the removal of the petrol ... Read More »
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after trips to Paris where he attended the Financial Pact Summit and London. He arrived at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos around 5:05 pm. He was welcomed by a sea of dancing supporters who have been waiting for hours for his return. Tinubu is in Lagos for the ... Read More »
Pastors descend on Church Overseer who is to die by hanging in Rivers State for the murder of his pregnant mistress, her friend and nine-year-old daughter. The involvement of supposed men of God in heinous crimes has left a big question mark as to who really is a man of God and how does the public know one? In a ... Read More »
President Bola Tinubu has said some of his associates and friends thought he was joking when he declared that the age-long subsidy era was gone. Tinubu disclosed this during an interactive session with Nigerians resident in France and neighbouring European countries on the sidelines of the New Global Financing Pact Summit at the French capital, Paris. He said he assembled ... Read More »
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the alleged plan to increase electricity tariff by 40 per cent on July 1. The Congress described the move as insensitive and callous, saying it reflected an organised indifference to the well-being of consumers, especially, the poor ones. The NLC said this in a statement by its, Comrade Joe Ajaero on Thursday ... Read More »
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery says the economic reforms instituted by President Bola Tinubu are capable of attracting investors from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. Montgomery said this while speaking with State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. The British diplomat said he addressed British ... Read More »
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Service Chiefs. The new Service Chiefs are: 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff 3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff 4 Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff 5 AVM H.B Abubakar Chief of Air Staff ... Read More »
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and former world richest man, Bill Gates, on Monday visited President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The visitation is part of the Gates Foundation’s commitment to working closely with communities and leaders to support innovation. Read More »
Sir: I didn’t know whether to sympathise with or mock Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) after watching a video in which he barely held back tears on the floor of the Senate. I will not deny that I have for years had a kind of emotional attachment to Kalu. Like all humans, he has his shortcomings and most are mirrored via ... Read More »
The Presidency has announced eight advisers to assist President Bola Tinubu in the running of the administration. In a statement by State House Director of Information, Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye, the media of the President will be headed by Mr Dele Alake, who has been made Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy. Other appointments include Mr. ... Read More »
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