Ex-President, Muhammadu Buhari felicitates with Nigerians who are celebrating Sallah and has tasked Nigerians to return to farming as hunger occasioned by food shortage and inflation bites harder. Buhari gave the advice as he felicitated Muslims on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir. This was contained in a statement by former presidential aide, Shehu Garba on Sunday…
The N90bn Hajj Pilgrim subsidy by the Federal government had sparked controversy from Nigerians, with asking if it is rationed to subsidize spiritual exercise at a time more than half of the populace is facing hunger and starvation. Ogbodo Ozioma Favour writes that contempt and backlash have tailed the action by the government Economic Realities…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr.Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget office of the federation following the expiration of Mr. Ben Akabueze. This was confirmed in a statement by the president’s special adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngeglale on Friday owing to Yakuba’s prowess from being an accomplished…
The World Bank has confirmed the approval of two significant financial operations aimed to stabilize the economy and support those at economical risk This was confirmed in the statement by the bank on Thursday, “The World Bank has today approved two operations; $1.5 billion for the Nigeria Reforms for Economic Stabilization to Enable Transformation (RESET)…
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has lamented what it calls massive food adulteration in Nigerian markets even as the Commission raised the alarm over the unhealthy practices. FCCPC pointed out that the practice is going on in the market places, where food items and some other basic products are adulterated by retailers for…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) urges students to upload as it is set to publish the full list of institutions that have submitted their complete student data as requested by the agency. This was confirmed in a press statement by the agency on Thursday by the head of media and public relations, Nasir Ayitogo…
Ogbodo Ozioma Favour and Olobashola John As Nigeria commemorates Democracy Day today, Wednesday, June 12, Nigerians across the nation are reflecting on what Democracy means to them midst socio-economic challenges. The question is simply, what is the significance of June 12? This day, marks the anniversary of the country’s transition from military rule to…
Ahead of democracy Day, Wednesday, June12, the civilian staff of the Ministry of Defence under the umbrella of the Joint Executive Council have demonstrated against what they called extrajudicial killings of civilians by military personnel. The protest was held outside the National Defence Center, Abuja, on Tuesday. Our reporter spoke with the angry protesters who…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) has convicted an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Quadri Ismail Adeyinka for alleged passport fraud. This was confirmed in a statement on Sunday by the ICPC’s spokesperson, Demola Bakare. Adeyinka was arrested by the ICPC and brought before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie in a…
The newly appointed female president of the Pediatrics Association of Nigeria (PAN), Ekanem Ekure has sheded light on the challenges confronting child health in Nigeria. According to World Bank data, Nigeria has an estimate of 40 million children who are living in extreme poverty, six out every 10 children experience some form og violence, 10…
