August 07, 2023
West Africa: As ECOWAS Ultimatum Expires, Tinubu Mulls Options, Meets Governors of States Bordering Niger
President Bola Tinubu, last night, met with governors of five Nigerian states sharing boundary with Niger Republic at State House, Abuja, to consider options in the bid to restore… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Nigeria: Niger Crisis - in Search of Resolution, Tinubu Dispatches 3-Man Team to Niamey
*Abdulsalami Abubakar leads delegation Read more »
Nigeria: NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike From August 14 Over Govt's Contempt Charge
Barely 24 hours after its decision to suspend its nationwide protest, the organised labour has issued fresh warning that it may declare nationwide strike if it's leaders are… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Ascension to the Presidency (I)
Fellow Nigerians, let me tell you from the outset and without equivocation that I voted "against" the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the… Read more »
August 01, 2023
Nigeria: Tribunal Reserves Judgment in Atiku's Petition Against Tinubu's Election
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as President. Read more »
Nigeria: DSS - Stamping On the Rule of Law
Coup d'État Read more »
July 31, 2023
Nigeria: Defects in Our Economy Immensely Profited 'Tiny Elite of the Elite' - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said the defects in Nigerian economy immensely profited a tiny elite, which he further described as the elite of the elite. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Announces Measures to Make Food Prices Affordable, Discloses How N500bn Approved By National Assembly Will Be Spent
President Bola Tinubu has announced measures targeted at ensuring that prices of food items remain affordable, adding that his government have had a multi-stakeholder engagement… Read more »
Nigeria: Niger - Trouble in the Neighbourhood
Niger Republic is Nigeria's next-door neighbour. She is not the best neighbour Nigeria would desire but, as a sovereign nation, we have no control over her. Her economic… Read more »
July 30, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints Obazee As Special Investigator of CBN and Related Entities
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr Jim Osayande Obazee, as the Special Investigator of the Central Bank… Read more »
July 28, 2023
Nigeria: After Two Months Wait, Tinubu Sends 28 Ministerial Nominees to Senate
After a two-month wait, culminating in the legal deadline, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, forwarded the much-anticipated ministerial list to the Senate for consideration and… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Nigeria: Abbass Unveils 134 Standing Committee Chairmen, Deputies
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated 134 standing committees, increasing the number by 25 from the 109 in the 9th Assembly. Read more »
Nigeria: Anxiety Over Ministerial List, As Senate Goes Into Closed-Door Session
The Senate has gone into closed-door session even as the nation eagerly awaits the announcement of the ministerial list which is believed to have been submitted to the President of… Read more »
Nigeria: Ministerial List - to Serve or to Eat?
Tomorrow, 28th July, will mark exactly five months since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was elected. Yet he still does not have his cabinet in place. This says a great deal about his… Read more »
July 24, 2023
Nigeria: Short Shelf Life of Chairmen
The sudden resignation on Sunday last week of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress [APC] set me thinking about the short shelf life of… Read more »
July 19, 2023
Nigeria: Unrelenting Violence On the Plateau
Security agencies could do more to stem the bloodshed Read more »
Nigeria: For Cash Transfers
It is certainly a measure of the gross inequality that defines the unjust Nigerian system that some members of the elite cannot imagine what N8,000 could do in the life of an… Read more »
July 18, 2023
Nigeria: Ayu, Adamu and Nigeria's Political Party System
One of the major issues begging for consideration as Nigeria and other stakeholders review the aftermath of the country's 2023 General elections would definitely be the health of… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Nigeria: Waiting to Ambush the List
One young man wrote somewhere on social media at the weekend that President Tinubu should hurry up and name members of his cabinet "so that Nigerians can rest from the anxiety,… Read more »
July 16, 2023
Africa: Respect Democracy, Ensure Political Stability in the Continent, Tinubu Tells African Leaders
* Wants UN to take firm stand against military coups Read more »
July 14, 2023
Nigeria: At 89, Soyinka Remains Brother, Comrade-in-Struggle - President
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, passed encomiums on Nobel laureate and elder statesman, Professor Wole Soyinka, on his 89th birthday, describing him as a brother and… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Nigeria: House Approves Tinubu's Request for N500bn Fuel Subsidy Palliative
The House of Representatives has granted speedy approval to President Bola Tinubu's request for N500 billion for fuel subsidy palliative. Read more »
Nigeria: We're Retrieving Nigeria From Vested Interests That Have Crippled Her Devt - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has assured women in the country that his government is committed to ensuring that Nigeria is retrieved from all vested interests that have stifled her… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Seeks Senate Nod for $800m Loan Approved By Buhari's Cabinet for Social Safety Net
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday urged the Senate to approve a borrowing request of $800 million. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Writes House, Seeks N500bn From 2022 Supplementary Budget for Subsidy Palliatives
President Bola Tinubu has requested the House of Representatives to amend the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act for subsidy palliatives. Read more »