Nigeria Macro-Economic Outlook released by a data-driven company, Veriv Africa, has said economic growth is projected to increase to 3.64 per cent in 2025, due to government’s policies. It projects that government policies can positively impact the economy with a 3.64 per cent GDP growth rate in 2025. Mr...
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The Federal Government says it needs 10 billion dollars Public-Private-Partnership investment in the power sector, in the next five to 10 years, to achieve 24 hours power supply. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this when the Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh paid...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned to Abuja from an official trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Joint Arab-Islamic summit. The president arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 8. 00 p.m. and was welcomed by members of his administration. On hand to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– The Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has assured Nigeria of support in its economic reform programmes. The assurance came when the Crown Prince and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met on Monday in Riyadh...
Super Eagles’ Captain William Ekong, Ademola Lookman, Moses Simon and 19 other players on Tuesday participated in the team’s first training session in Abidjan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that only Spain-based forward Sadiq Umar was being expected. The team were in high spirits ahead of a...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the country’s trade sector is showing promising results, as Nigeria recorded N6.5 trillion trade balance in second quarter of 2024. Shettima, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, said this at...
Countries will file out over the weekend to jostle for places in the qualification race for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The games will be played between Thursday and Tuesday across the continent in the last round of matches. AFCON 2025 Qualifiers FixturesBelow is the list of...
President Tinubu at the Extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nov.11 President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, called for an end to Israeli aggression in Gaza, warning “the conflict in Palestine has persisted for far too long, inflicting immeasurable suffering.” Addressing the extraordinary Arab-Islamic...
The total debts of the 36 states in Nigeria rose to N11.47tn as of June 30, 2024, despite allocations by the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), and their respective internally generated revenues (IGR). An analysis of data from the public debt reports released by the Debt Management Office (DMO)...
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) says the free caesarean section programme of the President Bola Tinubu administration is bound to reduce high maternal deaths in the country. The group said the programme would off-set the prohibitive costs of caesarian section in private and public hospitals across the country...
President Bola Tinubu will be seeking a diplomatic solution to the Israel-Palestine at the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said this while addressing State House correspondents in Riyadh on Sunday. He said Tinubu was keen on seeking a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– The presidency has said the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has focused more on criticizing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu than on solving his own party’s (People’s Democratic Party) problems. Special Adviser to the President, Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga , who stated this in a...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says that the Nigerian Judiciary has a lot of upright knowledgeable, hardworking and courageous judges, but lamented that there are a few tarnishing this reputation. The CJN made this known on Saturday at a public discourse in Lagos which had the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday arrived in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital to participate in the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit. The Nigerian leader landed at the King Abdulaziz International Airport at 10 a.m local time and was received by the deputy governor of the Riyadh region, Prince Mohammed Bin...
The Democratic Front (TDF) has welcomed Fitch Ratings’ projection that Nigeria’s inflation rate would decrease from 33.7 per cent to 26.2 per cent by Q1 2025. The group, in a statement signed on Sunday in Abuja, by Malam Danjuma Mohammed, its Chairman, and Chief Wale Adedayo, Secretary, said the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which will focus on the current situation in the Middle East. The Summit will commence on Monday, November 11, 2024. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on...
A Zamfara-based CSO, ‘Zamfara Circle Community Initiative’, has lamented the situation of the stranded Zamfara students in Cyprus and called on the state government to take tentative steps to address the problem. The Chairman of the organisation, Dr Al-amin Tsafe, made the call at a press briefing in Gusau...
Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called on Nigerians to stop blaming the government always, but to rather do something for the betterment of the country. Ogunwusi, made the call during an official showcase of Ojaja City in Akure on Friday. The Ooni, who said that his passion...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – Gunmen have reportedly shot and killed an Inspector of Police and also abducted two Chinese nationals in a bloody operation at Quarry Camp in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River. The incident occurred on Thursday evening. The Police spokesman in charge of Zone...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will do everything within its power to fix the party and Nigeria. Makinde stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Board of Governors and the unveiling of the Roadmap for Peoples Democratic Institute...