Saturday, 21 December, 2024

Category: Policy


Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the country needs to invest 20 billion dollars to achieve the economic targets by 2027. Edun said this during the citizens and stakeholders’ engagement on the implementation Read more…


Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities. Trump, a Read more…


The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to slash its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol. The spokesperson for PETROAN, Joseph Obele, made Read more…


The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that the nation’s security agencies have made significant progress in tackling the issue of kidnapping over the past two years. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of the Multi-Agency Read more…


Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu, has debunked claims that his principal’s Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) were among 762 plots of land revoked in Abuja’s upscale Maitama District due to unpaid statutory fees by Minister of the Federal Capital Read more…


In a move to enhance the efficiency of the federal government, President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of several Federal Permanent Secretaries. This strategic reshuffle aims to boost administrative effectiveness and improve service delivery across various ministries. The directive Read more…


French President Emmanuel Macron has “angered everyone” and is likely to leave his post early, right-wing leader Marine Le Pen has predicted, stating she has been already preparing for early elections “out of precaution.” Speaking with Le Parisien newspaper in an interview published Read more…


Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has disowned one of his media aides, who criticised the economic policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government of President Bola Tinubu. The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Read more…


Former spokesperson for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has said that his former principal did not end the fuel subsidy because he is a friend of the poor. Adesina stated that Buhari was concerned about the implications of fuel subsidy Read more…


Born Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke in far away Wimbledon, South London. That was 44 years ago! Then, her Nigerian parents had travelled to the UK for strictly private healthcare. That Kemi of January 2, 1980, has grown in leaps and bounds. She Read more…


The Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Achebe, has called for the restoration of Onitsha’s past glory as Nigeria’s leading industrial, commercial, educational, and cultural city, alongside the establishment of the Onitsha Development Authority. His Majesty made this appeal during Read more…


The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said it secured a $1bn loan backed by crude oil to support the coming on stream of the 650,000 barrels per day capacity Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It also stated that the firm facilitated Read more…