PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu says the 2025 budget forecasts that inflation will decline from current 34.6% to 15% next year. He said this during his presentation of the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget proposal to a joint session of the National…
IN a move to restore confidence in the Naira and reinforce its dominance, a Bill to prohibit the use of foreign currencies for payments and transactions within Nigeria passed First Reading on the floor of the Red Chamber on…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, speaking Wednesday in Abuja, assured Nigerians of better days ahead as economic reforms yield positive results. He said there have been noticeable signals of improved security, education, and health care, as well as a 3.46…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Tuesday penned a tribute to former President Muhammadu Buhari on his 82nd birthday. “Dear President Muhammadu Buhari. On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, I extend my warmest congratulations and best wishes to you…
THE Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has commenced a three-day training for some staff members of Ekiti State Waste Management Authority (EKSWAMA), on professional approach to waste management. Photo by: Ian Rahilly The EKSWAMA team, led by its Director-General, Mr…
I’VE said for years that African energy is a vital investment. Backers clearly agree — to the tune of $47bn. That’s how much capital expenditure (capex) 2024 saw in African oil and gas, showing a 23 percent increase from last…
EDO House of Assembly has passed a resolution suspending chairmen and vice chairmen of the 18 local governments in the state for two months for alleged insubordination and gross misconduct. At plenary on Tuesday, the House also mandated leaders of…
THE Kano/Jigawa command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 2,179 kilograms of pangolin scales in a joint enforcement operation with the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC). A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Saidu Nuruddeen, said one suspect…
Mr Danladi Umar has continued to act as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) despite a subsisting order from the Nigerian Senate ordering his removal. In November, the Senate removed Danladi Umar, over alleged gross misconduct. This…
THE illogical and senseless nature of criminal capitalism is exemplified by Nigeria’s experience with privatization. The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and fellow left activists had warned the Adams Oshiomhole-led NLC of the risks associated with the Olusegun Obasanjo regime’s privatization…
