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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the President Bola Tinubu administration is determined to fix all the challenges confronting the nation. The vice-president spoke on Wednesday during an Eid-al-Adha visit to Abubakar Ibn Garbai El-Kanemi, the Shehu of Borno, in Maiduguri. Shettima said the monarch spoke to him about “poignant issues […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff (COS) to President Bola Tinubu, says no ordinary human being can carry the weight of Nigeria except with the help of God. Gbajabiamila, who spoke on Wednesday after observing the Eid al-Adha prayer in Lagos, asked Nigerians to always pray for Tinubu. The former speaker of the […]

Some Nigerians have criticised President Bola Tinubu over the large size of his convoy upon his arrival to Lagos on Tuesday.  The president was received at the presidential wing of MMIA by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state; Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the president; Kayode Egbetokun, the acting inspector-general of police; […]

There was commotion at the Osogbo Eid prayer ground on Wednesday after Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, clashed with Ajibola Basiru, a former senator, over sitting arrangement.  Muslim faithful in Osogbo, the state capital, had gathered at Eid prayer ground for the supplication. Pandemonium started when a protocol officer informed Basiru that […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says it will appeal a court verdict ordering the immediate release of Dibu Ojerinde, ex-registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). TheCable had reported how the federal high court in Abuja ordered ICPC to release Ojerinde and pay him N1 million […]

The World Bank says Nigeria’s government will save a total of N11 trillion from the recent petrol subsidy removal policy. However, the financial body said more people would be pushed into poverty in Nigeria if the government does not provide palliatives to alleviate the effect of the recently implemented reforms. In its […]

President Bola Tinubu says Nigerians must make “sacrifices” for the prosperity of the country. Tinubu spoke with reporters on Wednesday, after observing the Eid al-Adha prayers at Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Lagos. The president said Allah would not burden the country with what it cannot bear, adding that Nigerians must live […]

The naira, on Tuesday, appreciated by 0.67 percent to N763 to a dollar at the investors and exporters (I&E) window. Figures from the FMDQ Securities Exchange, a platform that oversees foreign exchange trading in Nigeria, show that the greenback was quoted at the rate of N763 as against N768.17 quoted on Monday.  […]