Global rights group Amnesty International has expressed concern over the escalation of mob violence which, it said, emboldens impunity in Nigeria. In a new report, the rights group said at least 555 victims of mob violence were recorded in Nigeria in the last decade Amnesty International said the upsurge in blasphemy killings was fueled by […]

Families are hurting from high prices, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, said yesterday, at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the IMF/World Bank in Washington DC. Speaking at the Global Policy Agenda 2024 briefing, the MD said that the global economy was faced with being stuck on the path […]

The World Bank has said that the reports submitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) were inconsistent, and lacked necessary details on its operations. This was revealed in the bank’s Accelerating Resource Mobilisation Reforms (ARMOR) Report for May 17, 2024. According to the WB, in addition […]

The presidency has lashed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his statement that President Bola Tinubu came into office without a plan. It accused him of chickening out in the face of opposition when he should have activated some economic policies needed to save Nigeria during his tenure. The presidency also said that some of the […]

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says the constant power outages in many parts of Nigeria and the expensive cost of petroleum products may push many entrepreneurs out of business and sink more Nigerians into poverty. Many Northern states have been thrown into a blackout for several days now as […]

fThe President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has expressed support for President Bola Tinubu’s energy transition drive from petroleum products to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). At a recent event, the billionaire businessman said the company’s investments in CNG are also in line with Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, […]

Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said contrary to popular opinion, his principal, President Bola Tinubu, did not acquire a new official jet but a refurbished one. “It’s not President Tinubu’s plane, it belongs to the people of Nigeria, it is our property,” Onanuga said on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kano State, Ilyasu Musa Kwankwaso has urged northern leaders and politicians to rally behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. He emphasized the strategic benefit of securing the presidency for the North in 2031. Kwankwaso argued that backing Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima would ensure a smoother […]