Thursday, 23 January, 2025

Category: Policy


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…


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 Tuesday. Read more…


The latest ‘Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey’ (CESPS) by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigerians paid a staggering N2.23 trillion in ransoms to kidnappers between May 2023 and April 2024. The report underscored the worsening Read more…


The Benue Government has warned individuals, organisations and MDAs in the state against the use of any unofficial portrait of Governor Hyacinth Alia. The warning is contained in a Monday statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Read more…


Former candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State, and currently an aspirant to the November 2025 governorship election in the state under the Labour Party (LP), Valentine Ozigbo has said the level of Read more…


The Federal Government has announced the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) to Yakubu Gowon University. Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, revealed the decision to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Read more…


The Federal Government has settled for Wednesday, 18th December 2024, to present the 2025 budgetary estimates of N47.96 trillion to the National Assembly. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists at Read more…