BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the House of Representatives to approve a plan to borrow $2.35 billion in external loans to partly finance the 2025 budget deficit and refinance Nigeria’s maturing Eurobonds. The President’s request was contained in a letter to Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, which wasContinue Reading
Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet following mounting allegations that he forged his university and NYSC certificates. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed Nnaji’s resignation in a statement released on Tuesday, marking yet another shakeup in the administration’s top ranks. ControversyContinue Reading
Panic gripped parts of Port Harcourt on Monday evening as fire gutted a section of the Rivers State Secretariat Complex, destroying offices and property worth millions of naira. The fire, which reportedly began after office hours at the ground floor of the Podium Block, spread to parts of the nine-storeyContinue Reading
…Targets Elimination of Measles in Nigeria by 2030 By Frontline Reporters The Federal Government has launched a nationwide mass immunisation campaign aimed at protecting over 16 million Nigerian children from measles, polio, HPV, and other life-threatening diseases. The campaign, which was officially flagged off on Monday at the Banquet HallContinue Reading
…Says Nigeria Lacks Legal Backing to Fight Insurgents By Frontline Reporters Nigeria’s former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor (rtd), has called on the Federal Government to formally declare war against terrorists and bandits ravaging communities across the country, warning that Nigeria cannot defeat insurgency while “pretending” itContinue Reading
The Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Bayo Ojulari, has blamed the recent rise in cooking-gas prices on a temporary disruption to loading and distribution during the strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. Ojulari said this while speaking toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on Nigerians to respect and protect the multibillion-dollar investments of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, stressing that defending such enterprises is vital to Nigeria’s economic stability and future prosperity. Speaking on Monday at the opening of the 2025 Nigerian Economic SummitContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria is on track to ramp up its crude oil production to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) before the end of 2025, according to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Bayo Ojulari. Ojulari made the projection on SundayContinue Reading
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR (right) and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, H.E. Arsenio Dominguez during a courtesy visit by the Secretary General of the IMO to the Nigerian President in Lagos. BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has received in audienceContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The South-West region has gone on high security alert following a deadly surge of bandit and terrorist attacks in neighbouring Kwara State that left scores of villagers, vigilantes, and traditional rulers dead. Security chiefs across Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ondo confirmed to Frontline Reporters on Thursday thatContinue Reading