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Despite President Bola Tinubu’s executive order in June 2024 aimed at reducing drug costs by abolishing tariffs, excise duties, and Value Added Tax on pharmaceutical machinery and raw materials, Nigeria continues to battle soaring medication prices. The intended policy, designed to ease the financial burden on patients, remains largely unenforced, leading to no relief for […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised Nigerians to take advantage of its online portal to carry out key voter registration services without visiting its offices, in an effort to reduce overcrowding at registration centres across the country. According to a special public notice signed by Dr. Mutiu Agboke, the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Factional chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hon. Nafiu Bala, has dismissed as fake a resignation letter circulating in his name, describing it as a fraudulent creation by desperate political actors bent on destabilising the party. In a statement issued on Sunday by Dr. Christopher Okechukwu, Director of Media and […]

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently holding a closed-door meeting at the Zamfara State Government House in Gusau. Although the agenda has not been officially disclosed, sources suggest the meeting is linked to the ongoing zoning debate ahead of the party’s 102nd National Executive Committee (NEC) session scheduled […]

Dangote Aliko Dangote has once again cemented his place as Africa’s wealthiest man, topping Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List with a net worth of $24.4 billion and ranking 88th globally. The latest ranking, released on Saturday, underscores Dangote’s unmatched dominance in Africa’s wealth hierarchy, where he stands far ahead of his Nigerian peers. Abdulsamad Rabiu follows […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed recent remarks by Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, describing his criticism of the opposition coalition as “personal opinions” that do not reflect the ADC’s position. In a statement signed by Jackie Wayas, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, the ADC reaffirmed its commitment to […]

Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party and running mate to Peter Obi, has dismissed the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress ADC as a grand deception, alleging that many of those who ruined Nigeria under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration are now seeking refuge in the party ahead of the 2027 elections. […]

CDS, Gen Christopher Musa urges citizens to learn karate, boxing The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, on the need for Nigerians to learn self-defence skills, following mixed interpretations of his statement. Speaking through the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, the military […]

Can you picture Femi Otedola, son of a former governor of Lagos state, sitting beside a driver in a pick-up van and going from door to door to sell diesel in drums? Before setting up the monstrous Zenon Oil — which later became a monopoly in the Nigerian diesel market — that was exactly what […]

The August 16 supplementary elections that held in 18 constituencies in 12 states of the country has heightened the fears of Nigerians about the 2027 elections. Reports from the constituencies where the elections held indicate that the exercise, though conducted across a fraction of the country’s voting sphere which should have made for easier monitoring, […]