Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has accused President Bola Tinubu of plunging Nigeria into the most severe cost of living crisis in history. Atiku stated this in his Independence Anniversary message, saying that families are not merely tightening their belts but they’re skipping meals, delaying treatment and borrowing to survive until payday. He slammed Tinubu’s Independence Anniversary broadcast, saying that the government is asking the citizens to...

To unlock financing for water, agriculture, energy, education, minerals and industrial development, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State, has led a high-level delegation of the State Government to Kuwait in a major push to attract affordable development financing, technical expertise and strategic partnerships for the implementation of the Kogi State Development Plan 2024–2056. The mission has opened a new development partnership between Kogi State and key Kuwaiti institutions, with technical teams now expected to move from...

…Say Nation’s Prosperity Is Threatened By Hunger, Insecurity Assessing Nigeria at 66, Prof. Itse Sagay, former chairman Presidential Adversary Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) and Comrade Yinka Folarin, national president Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), have said that the country hasn’t made any progress, despite 27 years of uninterrupted democracy. The duo in separate interviews, urged the government of the day to ensure that there’s improvement in the areas of food security and general...

Nigerians have been assured by President Bola Tinubu that his government has built the foundations for prosperity with the reforms that his administration adopted. Tinubu, who stated this in his independence anniversary broadcast, however, noted that the reforms didn’t create the weaknesses in the economy but confronted them. According to him, for the first time in decades, his government embarked on the task from a position of strength; with an economy whose fundamental direction has...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has pardoned nine inmates serving various terms in correctional facilities across the state in commemoration of 66th Nigeria’s independence day celebration. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, in a statement said the Governor ordered with immediate release of those pardons and commutation as all legal formalities have been concluded with the Nigerian Correctional Service. “The Governor acted on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the...