Category: Nigeria

Nigeria’s winners and officials at the CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco Nigeria has been gripped by euphoria by the success of its footballers at last week’s African Footballer of the Year Awards held in Marrakech, Morocco. At the Awards gala held on Monday, Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala were named Africa’s Footballers of the […]

Tinubu Dear Compatriots, 1.It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian. 2. On this solemn yet hopeful day, let us commend our founding fathers and mothers. Without them, there would be […]

Mushin Market in Lagos • Stakeholders’ Engagement Critical For Manufacturing Sector’s Survival — Yusuf • ‘Recapitalise BoI, BoA To Finance Real Sector’ • High Cost Of Raw Materials, Energy Wiping Our Profits, Says FOBTOB • MAN DG Seeks Policy To Revive Distressed Industries Manufacturers, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) operators, business leaders, and economic […]

JUNE 12 remains a watershed in Nigeria’s history, the plinth on which the pillars of democracy in the country stand. The take-off point for Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, the June 12, 1993 presidential election produced Nigeria’s freest and fairest presidential election. As the country observes ‘Democracy Day’ today and 24 disappointing years of civil rule, Nigerians […]

Says 1999 Constitution defective Wieldy FG must shelve some responsibilities Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has challenged the incoming Bola Tinubu administration to be courageous to confront the problems hindering the development of Nigeria into a true and balanced federation where the states are not treated as mere appendages of the central government. He recommended […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government is on the brink of getting a one-year extension to access the World Bank’s $750m concessional loan for Nigeria’s COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus on behalf of the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory. The World Bank Task Team Leader for the NG-CARES, […]

Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) and former Publicity Secretary, Ijaw National Congress (ING), Comrade Joseph Evah, in this interview with Onyedika Agbedo speaks on what the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, should do to transform Nigeria when he mounts the saddle on May 29, this year. Evah, who served as the Coordinator of Non-indigenes for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Nigeria’s economy to grow at 3.2 percent this year (holding on to its January projection) adding that growth will slow by 0.2 percentage points next year to three percent as global inflation is expected to continue to decelerate. The Fund also expects growth to slow […]

Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed The violation of section 38 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, which restricts the amount the bank can lend to the Federal Government to a five percent cap of real revenues of the previous accounting year may trigger exchange rate-induced inflation. If this […]