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Two years of Tinubu: Two stories behind the positive numbers
BY Tunde Rahman Economists and commentators have written and said much about the positive trajectory and indicators signposting Nigeria’s economic growth. These indicators indicate that the reforms embarked upon by…
Tinubu Confers National Honour On Bill Gates
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI President Bola Tinubu and Bill Gates. Monday, June 3, 2025. President Bola Tinubu has decorated the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates with the national honour…
Tinubu Urged To Restore Democratic Governance in Rivers
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI A little over a month after President Bola Tinubu placed Rivers State under emergency rule and appointed an administrator, Nigerians have continued to call for the restoration…
Niger Republic Dumps French, Adopts Hausa As National Language
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Niger Military Government has dumped French to adopt Hausa officially as the country’s new national language. The change was announced in a new charter released on March…
Rivers: Soyinka faults Fubara’s suspension
*Soyinka • SERAP sues Tinubu over ‘unlawful suspension Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has broken his silence on President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State,…
President Tinubu Declares State of Emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday 18 March 2025
Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern…
BudgIT, Order Paper Express Concern Over Weakening Separation of Powers
...Launches Advocacy Campaign for Institutional Accountability BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organisation advocating for transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance and OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and…
Rivers lawmakers serve Fubara, deputy impeachment notice, list 19 infractions
Amaewhule, Fubara The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday issued a notice to the state governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara and…
Nigeria Don’t Need New States To Develop Communities – Reps Urged
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Amendment has been advised to shoot down the proposals for state creation, as they do not solve Nigeria’s problems. The…
FG reawards 2nd Niger Bridge bypasses, fast- tracks Lagos-Calabar, East-West road projects
The Federal Government has approved the reaward of two critical bypasses on the 2nd Niger Bridge, linking the Asaba-Benin and Enugu-Onitsha dual carriageways. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, made the…
