Economic experts say Nigeria has made significant improvements in macroeconomic indicators. The experts urged accelerated growth, stronger productivity and policies capable of translating stability into improved household welfare. The experts and other stakeholders disclosed this while reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s 66th Independence Anniversary speech on Thursday in Abuja. They
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to use the country’s 66th Independence anniversary to reflect honestly on the nation’s development trajectory and confront the challenges undermining its progress. Obi, in his Independence Day address titled “Nigeria at 66: Looking Back, Looking
Some security stakeholders have commended the Federal Government’s efforts to tackle insecurity, but called for stronger measures against terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes. The stakeholders made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
As Nigeria marks its 66th year of independence, lawyer Mr Bumtye Damshakal has called on the government to focus on improving people’s lives by repairing the country’s oil refineries and reducing the need to buy petroleum from other countries. Damshakal made this statement during a conversation with the News Agency
President Bola Tinubu says he is hale, hearty and ready to resume work fully after his working vacation in Europe. Tinubu dismissed rumours surrounding his health, describing them as politically motivated. Speaking with journalists shortly after arriving at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday
The Federal Government says it plans to lift five million young Nigerians out of poverty through its skills acquisition and empowerment programmes designed to promote sustainable livelihoods. The training, under the auspices of the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education (OSSAP-TVEE),
The Federal Government says Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s representation of President Bola Tinubu at UNGA is neither unusual nor a diminution of Nigeria’s diplomatic standing. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. Idris said Tinubu mandated Shettima to
As Nigeria prepares for the conduct of general elections to usher in fresh sets of political office holders across the country, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre PIO, at St Giovanni Rotondo in Italy, to offer prayers to God for a peaceful
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 4, Makurdi, Morris Dankombo, has warned political actors against violence, misinformation and inflammatory statements ahead of the 2027 general elections. Dankombo gave the warning on Tuesday in Lafia during a stakeholders’ engagement with the Nasarawa State Police Command and other
.Says they’re merchants of death The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has renewed its call for harsher penalties for counterfeiters. The agency proposed death sentences or life imprisonment for those convicted of counterfeiting regulated products in Nigeria. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the call