Cement manufacturers have agreed to ensure that prices of 50kg bags of cement does not exceed N8000 across the nation. It said that prices could be N7,000 in some parts of the country owing to closeness to the supply of Read more…
Category: Policy
Former Minister Solomon Dalung has criticised the Tinubu-led government for consistently attributing Nigeria’s economic challenges to ex-President, Muhammad Buhari. In a series of posts on his X account on Monday, Dalung argued that if Tinubu’s administration devoted the same resources Read more…
The eldest son of President Bola Tinubu, Mr Seyi Tinubu, on Monday, pleaded with Nigerians to exercise patience with his father’s administration as they weather the challenging economic times. This followed protests in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, where angry youths Read more…
Russia is entering its third year of war in Ukraine with an unprecedented amount of cash in government coffers, bolstered by a record $37 billion of crude oil sales to India last year, according to new analysis, which concludes that Read more…
Unless Ukraine obtains a full NATO membership, it will have no other choice but to develop or somehow else obtain an arsenal of atomic weapons, according to MP Alexey Goncharenko. The Ukrainian lawmaker pressed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Read more…
The Presidency has faulted the position of former vice president Atiku Abubakar who suggested that rather than use his last meeting with state governors to find solutions to the fluctuating foreign exchange and poverty in the country President Bola Tinubu was more Read more…
The General Secretariat of the Synod announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has set the dates for the second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly, which will take place from Wednesday, October 2, to Sunday, October 27, 2024. The session Read more…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Oji River Branch has secured some concessions regarding the controversial tax clearance requirements for lawyers filing court processes in Enugu State. Branch Chairman Sir Kingsley Chukwudi Olemeforo held advocacy meetings with the President of the Read more…
The Ukrainian military’s decision to withdraw from the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka under relentless Russian pressure was “absolutely logical,” President Vladimir Zelensky has said. He explained that by doing so, Kiev is avoiding heavy casualties. The announcement of the retreat was made Read more…
Ukrainian troops have been ordered to leave the city of Avdeevka, Kiev’s newly-appointed commander-in-chief has said, claiming the decision was intended to preserve the “lives and health” of soldiers following months of desperate attempts to hold onto the frontline town near Russia’s Donetsk. Read more…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed his son-in-law as the head of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), sparking concerns about nepotism. Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo is married to Mr Tinubu’s eldest daughter, Folashade. This is the first time President Tinubu has Read more…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced that its members and affiliate unions are mobilizing for a two-day national protest on February 27th and 28th. This action is planned if the federal government fails to implement all the agreements signed Read more…