2024: Tinubu promises to fight for business competitiveness

….Says he’s not unmindful of frustrations of Nigerians In a New Year message to Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that he will diligently ensure the citizens feel the impact of his government in 2024, promising to fight obstacles that impede business competitiveness in the country, among other issues. The President among other things stressed that all the decisions he had taken so far were for the good of the citizens and that he is...

2024: Alake promises that mining sector will experience major leap

Dr. Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development has assured Nigerians that the mining sector will experience a major leap in 2024 towards contributing substantially to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Alake, in his New Year goodwill message to Nigerians, reiterated that President Bola Tinubu’s vision of diversifying the economy through renewed focus on solid minerals is on course, stressing that reforms in the sector will yield tremendous results in the New Year....

Senate invites military chiefs, IGP, and others over Plateau killings

The Nigerian Senate is demanding accountability from the heads of military, security and intelligence agencies over the terror witnessed in 28 Christian communities in Plateau State between 23 and 25 December. Diiket Plang, the senator representing Plateau Central senatorial district, drew the Senate’s attention to the killings during plenary on Saturday, a week after the gory attack. The lawmakers who took turns to air their views expressed their disappointment at the security chiefs. Plang lamented...

Nigeria: West African Pilot’s 2023 Top Stories

2023 was eventful for Nigerians. It began with a frenzied naira shortage that caused untold financial pain. It is ending with the harsh effects of the petrol subsidy removal amid the worrisome insecurity challenges that have seemingly left the government helpless. Below are some of the definitive events that reverberated across the country in the past 12 months. Naira scarcity: Nigeria was hit with a devastating cash shortage in January 2023 after the Godwin Emefiele-led...

New Year: We’re committed to fulfilling our electoral promises, APC tells Nigerians

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told Nigerians in its New Year message that it is committed to fulfilling its electoral promises. The party in a New Year message signed by Felix Morka, its National Publicity Secretary, noted, “Our great Party, the APC joins all Nigerians to welcome and celebrate the New Year 2024, a year for the crystallization of hope for a more prosperous future for our country. “The APC administration of President Bola...

Naira will record more slumps against the US dollar in 2024: Bloomberg

Nigeria’s local currency, the naira is one of the world’s worst-performing currencies, after the Lebanese pound and the Argentine peso, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday. The report corroborates an earlier report by the World Bank that noted that the currency weakened by nearly 40 per cent against the US dollar in 2023. Bloomberg said the naira weakened by 55 per cent against the USD this year. With the naira–USD exchange rate at N1,043...

Aiyedatiwa sworn in as Ondo governor after Akeredolu’s death

Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, the erstwhile second-in-command in Ondo State, is now the Governor of the Southwest State. Aiyedatiwa was sworn in Wednesday evening at the Cocoa Conference Hall in the Governor’s Office in Akure, the capital city of Ondo, following the demise of his principal, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu, who was serving his second term, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 67 after battling with protracted prostate cancer for months. He left for...

Jonathan mourns Governor of Ondo, Akeredolu

Former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with the Akeredolu’s family as well as the government and people of Ondo State over the passing of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN. Jonathan described late Akeredolu as a sincere patriot and legal luminary who prioritised equity, justice and the collective peace of the nation above personal, political and ethnic interests. The former President who stated this in a condolence message he personally signed noted that the late Governor...

I mourn my fearless brother, Tinubu grieves over Gov Akeredolu

President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the demise of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, as he grieved over the departed former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Tinubu in a condolence message, said, “It is a difficult task to have to pen a tribute and sing a dirge for a departing soul. “It is a more difficult job in our African culture when one is compelled to do so for a younger person....

Rivers: Nigeria air force strikes destroy illegal oil refining sites

In continuation of its efforts to rid the Niger Delta Region of activities of oil thieves and oil pipeline vandals by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, over the weekend, the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has destroyed 6 illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. According a press statement made available to journalists by Edward Gabkwet Air Commodore Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, the illegal...

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