Category: Opinion

Ndume hails Tinubu over ₦68bn power intervention in Borno

Former Senate Leader Ali Ndume has praised President Bola Tinubu for approving ₦68 billion in...

ICYMI: Why NNPC refineries will never work — Obasanjo

As the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited continues its search for technical partners to operate...

Atiku faults Tinubu’s fresh $516m Sokoto-Badagry loan request

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired a broadside at President Bola Tinubu over his...

ILO links 840,000 annual deaths to workplace stress risks

No fewer than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to workplace risks,...

IMF warns of rising fiscal deficits in Africa despite oil gains

Sub-Saharan Africa’s fiscal position is expected to weaken in 2026, even as improved commodity prices...

Foreign interests hindering Africa’s refineries, Dangote warns

Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that entrenched foreign...

US-Israel-Iran war worsening economic woes of Nigeria, others — G24

The G-24 has expressed deep concern over multiple political crises and conflicts across the world,...

China slams US Hormuz blockade as ‘dangerous, irresponsible’

China accused the United States on Tuesday of “dangerous and irresponsible” behaviour over its blockade...

Millions of workers globally lack social protection, ILO warns

The International Labour Organisation has warned on the state of global social protection systems, declaring...

Tinubu’s reforms bring necessary pain for long-term gain — Bwala

In a strong defence of the ongoing economic reforms under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential...

Speaker Abbas decries persistent crude oil theft despite security gains

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said crude oil theft in Nigeria...

Ibadan poised to lead Nigeria’s economic growth, says CCII

The President-General of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, Ajeniyi Ajewole, on Wednesday said Ibadan,...