BY FRONTLINE REPORTERS In 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration introduced bold reforms to address Nigeria’s long-standing economic and social challenges. Key initiatives include approving an increase in the minimum wage from ₦30,000 to ₦70,000 and signing the Student Loan Bill into law, among others. Here is a list ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI. ADOLPHUS DURU Oil marketers and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority have said the prices of refined petroleum products are to drop further following the commencement of operations at the Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited. Dealers in the downstream oil sector said competition inContinue Reading
BY OUR REPORTER Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, presented N1.18tn budgetary estimate for 2025 to the factional state House of Assembly comprising three lawmakers. The development was a repeat of last year’s action by Fubara, who shunned the 27-member factional Assembly loyal to his predecessor and estranged godfather,Continue Reading
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Sunday some 300 kilometresContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his profound joy at the re-opening of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga on Monday, described the development as another remarkable achievement in 2024 thatContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU A community leader and Vice Chairman of Obunagu Achalla village in Enugu Agidi community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ozo Ozoemena Okeke, has alleged a plot by some of his kinsmen to kill him saying he was kidnapped twice because he refused to sellContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, MARTINS DURU, CHIGOZIE EZEH The Federal Government has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria of misappropriating N2.73tn in interest payments from Ways and Means advances, raising serious concerns over irregularities in managing government funds. The allegation was disclosed in the consolidated financial statement of the Federal GovernmentContinue Reading
•Communities in border states plead for peaceful resolution, debunk Niger leader’s claim of French troops in Nigeria BY GODWIN OBI, EFE MODESTUS, JAMES AKINOLA Some residents of communities in some states that share border with Niger Republic have expressed fears over the spat between Nigeria and its neigbouring country, FrontlineContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI With food queue stampedes claiming scores of lives, the President of the All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim, has urged the Federal Government to activate short-term measures including the importation of basic farm produce to flood the market with food. Ibrahim made this known duringContinue Reading
ADOLPHUS DURU As the world prepares to usher in the New Year, stakeholders across major sectors in Nigeria, including manufacturing academia, security, local government unions, and the Ijaw National Congress, have called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure a better economy in 2025. They noted that 2024 had been “tough”Continue Reading