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President Bola Tinubu has signed the student loan bill into law. Tinubu signed the bill on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The legislation, which seeks to provide financial assistance to Nigerian students in tertiary institutions, passed the third reading in the lower chamber in May. The bill was sponsored by […]

Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo and chair of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), says Godswill Akpabio is being supported by the majority of the senators-elect, to become the senate president.  Speaking with reporters at the Aso Rock villa on Monday, Uzodinma said Akpabio would clinch the position owing to the efforts that the […]

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, has died at the age of 86. The media tycoon and politician who served as prime minister of Italy in two governments, died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. He was previously diagnosed with leukemia and was hospitalised due to breathing problems in April. […]

President Bola Tinubu says MKO Abiola stuck to his principles and fought for justice to protect democracy. Tinubu said Abiola sacrificed his life to defend the democracy Nigeria enjoys, noting that he refused to take the “easier choice” of forsaking his mandate. Abiola was the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential […]

President Bola Tinubu on Monday delivered his first Democracy Day speech where he talked about a variety of issues affecting the country. Here is the full text. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President […]

President Bola Tinubu says there will be more reforms in the country’s judiciary. The president said court orders that truncate democracy would no longer be allowed. Tinubu spoke on Monday during his maiden Democracy Day speech as president. The president said he is determined to give the country a “vibrant judiciary […]

President Bola Tinubu has asked Nigerians to endure the effects of the removal of petrol subsidy. The president said the decision was taken to “free up” resources that had “hitherto been pocketed by a few rich”. Tinubu, in his first Democracy Day speech as president, said he gave effect to the removal […]

Here are the seven top business news you need to track this week — June 11 to June 15. NBS REPORT The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is expected to publish a report on the consumer price index (CPI) for May 2023. In April, the CPI, which measures the rate of […]