President Bola Tinubu’s eldest son, Seyi Tinubu, and daughter, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo have implored Nigerians to have faith in their father’s administration as protest continues to rock the country over the enduring cost-of-living crisis. In an Instagram post on Monday, Seyi, quoted President Bola Tinubu’s statement during his national broadcast to mark the country’s 63rd independence anniversary last year while expressing optimism that despite the prevailing economic woes, the future of Nigeria is promising. Tinubu’s words...

Two days after the International Monetary Fund, IMF, suggested the stoppage of electricity subsidies in Nigeria, the federal government is already considering discontinuing the subsidy. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it has become “very difficult to sustain subsidy on electricity” because of the subsidy debt hanging on the neck of the Nigerian government. The government’s debt to electricity-generating companies is running in trillions. It currently stands...

Senator Ned Nwoko, the lawmaker representing Delta North senatorial district, wants the Senate to amend the existing law that prohibits Nigerians from bearing firearms for self-defence. The Firearms Control Act No. 32 of 1959 provides that no person shall have in his possession or under his control, any firearm or ammunition except such person has a license from the President or the Inspector General of Police. With the alarming escalation of attacks, abductions for ransom...