The report that President Bola Tinubu has now ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the proposed Cybersecurity Levy must come to many Nigerians as some sort of relief, but before we deal with the … Read the rest
The report that President Bola Tinubu has now ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the proposed Cybersecurity Levy must come to many Nigerians as some sort of relief, but before we deal with the … Read the rest
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Nigerian government to remove what it called implicit fuel and electricity subsidies.
In a report published recently by the IMF, the organisation told Nigeria that the subsidies would guzzle three per cent … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
At the 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium on March 29, 2019, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then only a powerful but unofficial pillar of the APC, gave us an ominous presage of his administration that we all either ignored or … Read the rest
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigerians should endure his decisions today that will ‘’bring short term pains,’’ in order to enjoy the ‘’long term gains’’ in the future.
Tinubu spoke during a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is so inordinately inebriated by his IMF-motivated decision to remove subsidies on petrol that at every opportunity he has he brags about it in giddily superlative terms.
For example, during a meeting with … Read the rest
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he would support a proposal for the direct election of members into the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States.
Tinubu on Thursday said the move would give citizens of member states … Read the rest
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with US-based investor Adebayo Ogunlesi, the chairperson of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
President Tinubu met with Mr Ogunlesi and his team at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday.
The presidency disclosed the meeting via … Read the rest
In a significant turn of events, the Naira has maintained an upswing against the United States Dollar as it closed at N1,382/$ on the official NAFEM window, as against the N1,598/$1 it was at the beginning of the week.
The … Read the rest
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised that the killers of Nigerian Army officers who were on a peace mission in Delta State won’t go unpunished.
According to reliable reports, at least 16 Nigerian soldiers were killed on a mission to … Read the rest
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has said his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has performed very well since he assumed office last year.
Buhari said Tinubu has performed well given the prevailing circumstances, but affirmed that Nigeria is a complex country … Read the rest