BY FRONTLINE REPORTERS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted presidential pardon to 175 persons, including Nigeria’s foremost nationalist, Herbert Macaulay and former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Maj.-Gen. Mamman Vatsa (rtd), following the approval of the National Council of State at its meeting on Thursday in Abuja. The decision, taken atContinue Reading
The World Bank also raised concerns over the nation’s food inflation rate, increased allocations from the Federation Account allocation committee The World Bank on Wednesday said despite the economic reforms of the Federal Government, 139 million Nigerians still live in poverty. The World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Mathew Verghis,Continue Reading
The Federal Government has strongly refuted allegations by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz that Christians are being massacred in Nigeria with the government’s backing, describing the claims as “ignorant, false, and baseless.” Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, had accused Nigerian authorities of enabling a “massacre” against Christians in the country’sContinue Reading
By Frontline Reporters The Abia State House of Assembly has announced plans to embark on a peaceful march to Abuja to demand the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance movedContinue Reading
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