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Nigeria’s fuel-price crisis is once again putting the government’s subsidy policy under political and economic pressure, as petrol prices rise to around 1,400 naira per litre in Lagos and Abuja and as high as 1,500 naira in parts of northern Nigeria. The latest increase is being driven partly by higher international energy prices. Even with
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As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 presidential election, Peter Obi has offered a clearer explanation of how he would approach some of the economic policies introduced under President Bola Tinubu. Obi said he would retain the floating of the naira if elected, but argued that the policy must be supported by higher productivity so
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not physically attend the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with Vice President Kashim Shettima leading Nigeria’s delegation. The decision means the President will miss the United Nations General Assembly for the third consecutive year since assuming office. Vice President Kashim Shettima is expected to
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We are calling on Nigerian voters to carefully examine the campaign promises of every presidential candidate, including governorship candidates, before casting your votes for each of them. We would also appeal to Nigerians to look at the profiles of all the candidates and what they had accomplished at various leadership levels and see if they
The title, Your Excellency, has completely been abused by Nigerian politicians. We believe that before any leader is called Your Excellency, the process in which the leader in question is elected should be excellent. But in Nigeria, politicians cut corners to get to power and begin to answer Your Excellency, which should not have been
The political environment ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general election is becoming increasingly active, with a fresh disagreement emerging between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress over the Rainbow Coalition. The disagreement centres on whether the coalition supporting President Bola Tinubu’s 2027
We do not believe that the United States of America would release President Bola Tinubu’s drug records to the people of Nigeria for them to see. The United States of America is playing a hide-and-seek game with the people of Nigeria. Hence, we are calling on Nigerian voters to focus more on how they are
Some members of the Obedient family and other Nigerians were a bit disappointed that Mr. Peter Obi and his team did not aggressively confront those Nigerians in Benue state who blocked Mr. Peter Obi and his entourage from visiting displaced victims in Yelewata community in Benue state. Honestly Mr. Peter Obi did the right thing
Governor Francis Nwifuru has been in office for more than three years, and his administration has consistently presented its record as one of infrastructure, human capital development, healthcare, education and economic transformation. The government says it has completed roads, improved healthcare facilities, invested in education, revived water infrastructure, supported scholarships and undertaken major infrastructure projects
The incident involving Peter Obi in Benue State has raised fresh questions about the political environment Nigeria is entering ahead of the 2027 presidential election. WHAT HAPPENED? Peter Obi’s convoy was reportedly blocked by youths on the Makurdi-Gboko road while he was travelling towards Yelwata, where he was expected to visit communities and families affected