PHOTOS: Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, Sanwo-Olu share same stage — all Lagos governors since 1999
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, hosted an Eid-al-Adha dinner in honour of President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. The event held at the Lagos state government house in Marina. The president attended the ceremony after a courtesy visit to Oba Sikiru Adetona, paramount ruler of Ijebuland and Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, Alake of Egbaland, […]
Bloomberg Index: Dangote becomes $20m wealthier, maintains spot as Africa’s richest man
Aliko Dangote, the president of Dangote Group, has added $20.7 million to his wealth as at June 30, 2023, through investments in the industrial sector — cementing his spot as Africa’s richest man. TheCable had reported that Dangote lost $3.12 billion following Nigeria’s decision to float the local currency and unify its exchange […]
PHOTOS: First trans-shipment vessel berths at Lekki Deep Seaport
The Lekki Deep Seaport management has announced the arrival of Rimbaud, the first transshipment vessel to berth at the terminal. In a series of tweets on Friday, the management said the ship is operated by CMA CGM, a French shipping and logistics company. Transshipment is when goods are transferred from one vessel […]
Newspaper Headlines: Military orders top officers to retire, gives Monday deadline
President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Ogun state and a dinner held in his honour in Marina, Lagos, dominate the front pages of newspapers today. Source: Top Stories
Tinubu: Why I chose to unify exchange rate windows
President Bola Tinubu says he could have chosen to keep the previously multiple foreign exchange system and benefit from it, but instead, he decided to unify the official and parallel market rates to save the country from financial hemorrhage. The president spoke at a civic reception organised in his honour by the Lagos […]
Tinubu: I could have had my share of benefit from petrol subsidy payment
President Bola Tinubu says he will not partake in the economic destruction of the country by retaining the petrol subsidy. According to NAN, Tinubu spoke on Thursday at a reception in his honour by the Lagos state government. The president said the bleeding of the country’s finances through the petrol subsidy should […]
Report: WHO cancer research agency to declare sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is set to declare aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners, a possible carcinogen. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar and widely used in low-calorie products. The sweetener is used in several drinks including Diet Coke. It […]
Garba Shehu: Buhari didn’t ask Tinubu not to probe his former appointees
Garba Shehu, ex-spokesperson to former President Muhammadu Buhari, says his principal did not ask his successor not to investigate ministers and aides who served in the last administration. On Monday, President Bola Tinubu met with Buhari in London. In pictures shared on social media, the two leaders were seen shaking hands. […]
Jack-Rich denies paying N500m for ministerial slot in Tinubu’s cabinet
Tein Jack-Rich, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied paying N500 million to become a minister in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu. Jack-Rich was reacting to an allegation that he paid Seyi Tinubu, son of the president, to lobby his father for a slot. […]
Tinubu: I invoked spirit of ’emi lokan’ to win election despite CBN naira redesign policy
President Bola Tinubu says he invoked the spirits of wisdom and determination, symbolised by “Baba Emi lokan,” to overcome the obstacles in the election. Tinubu spoke on Thursday at the palace of Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, Sikiru Adetona, during a thank-you visit to the monarch. In the build-up to the elections, the Central Bank […]