Last week, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) reeled out some statistics that painted a very gloomy economic scenario of the nation since President Bola Tinubu took over. The most scary aspect of that picture was the claim that more than 300 companies have shut down, while some 380,000 jobs …

On 12 June – a day set aside to commemorate 25th years of Nigeria’s unbroken democratic experience last week Wednesday – President Bola Amhed Tinubu tumbled and fell. That’s the consequence of choking off the president from visible dystonia or huntington disease, a genetic disorder that causes involuntary muscles contractions …

President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of 12 June did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The speech celebrated heroes of Nigeria’s 25 years of civil rule with very scant mention of Ibadan’s fight against the tyranny of military rule. Was it an institutional slight of the city of Ogunmola, the great warrior? …

He loudly told Edo people that he abhors godfatherism and frowned at any attempt by anyone to input that he was a godfather. He blackmailed political leaders in the state that the reason they were against his politics of egocentricity was on account of his stance against godfatherism. He whipped …

Europe’s gas imports from Russia overtook supplies from the US for the first time in almost two years in May, despite the region’s efforts to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels since the full scale invasion of Ukraine. While one-off factors drove the reversal, it highlights the difficulty of further …

The officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized cocaine and methamphetamine consignments worth over N4.1 billion in Aba, Abia state. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, June 16, …

LABOUR Party (LP) Edo state Vice Chairman (North), Engr Jolly Isokpehi, has expressed confidence in the ability and passion of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure to lead the party to a resounding victory in the Edo State Governorship election billed for September 21st, 2024. Abure is expected …

THE Federal Government has felicitated two Nigerians: Dr. Umar Oseni on their appointment as the first Nigerian new Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arbitration Centre and Dr. Akolisa Ufodike as the Deputy Minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism in Alberta, Canada. The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. …

THE brouhaha from the office of the Inspector-General of police and the Police Service Commission over recruitment of ten thousand constables has been described by the HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) as unnecessary just as the nation’s head of police Mr. Kayode Egbetokun has been advised to comply …

THE Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times, criticizing the Nigerian economy as toeing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, responded on Sunday to the report by Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal. According to …