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Senate approves Tinubu’s N1.15trn domestic loan for 2025 deficit

The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow an additional N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to finance the 2025 budget deficit. This approval was granted on Wednesday after the presentation and deliberation of the Report of the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts Borrowing Programme to Fund the 2025 Budget Deficit, […]

Nigeria@64: Tinubu unveils plan to create 2.5m jobs
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Tinubu vows to defeat terrorism, strengthen diplomatic ties

President Bola Tinubu has strongly reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to defeating terrorism and strengthening diplomatic ties with Nigeria’s global partners. The President delivered this declaration just before the Federal Executive Council entered a closed-door session on Thursday, marking the council’s first gathering since July, held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. […]

Only 5% have over N500,000 in their bank accounts — Wale Edun
Economy

Economy rebounding strongly to Tinubu’s reforms, says Edun

The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has announced that Nigeria’s economy is showing strong signs of recovery following a series of bold reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking with State House correspondents on Thursday after briefing the President on the current state of the economy, Edun confirmed that […]

Cut corporate tax to 7.5%, NACCIMA urges Tinubu
Finance

Tinubu seeks senate approval to borrow ₦1.15trn domestically

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking approval for a fresh ₦1.15 trillion borrowing from the domestic debt market to finance the deficit in the 2025 budget. The request was contained in a letter read on Tuesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary. According to the President, the proposed borrowing is aimed […]

FG deducts N256.5bn for gas projects in six months
Opinion

Delta APC chieftain faults Tinubu’s 15% fuel import duty

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Chief Ayiri Emami, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on petrol and diesel, warning that the move will worsen the suffering of ordinary Nigerians. Emami raised the concerns at a press conference held in Abuja on Thursday. […]

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Tinubu approves 15% import duty on petrol, diesel

President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for the implementation of a 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on petrol and diesel brought into Nigeria, a move expected to protect domestic refineries and promote stability in the downstream oil sector. In a directive dated October 21, 2025, and made public on Wednesday, Tinubu ordered […]

New tax law empowers Nigeria Revenue Service to secure loans
Opinion

Oshiomhole urges Tinubu to revive textile industry

Former Edo State Governor and ex–All Progressive Congress National Chairman, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has called for the urgent revival of Nigeria’s textile industry, describing it as a sleeping giant capable of generating over 20 million jobs and reviving the economy. Speaking in Kaduna at the 37th Annual National Education Conference of the National Union of […]

Nigeria@64: Tinubu unveils plan to create 2.5m jobs
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Nigerians’ medical tourism spending drops 52% under Tinubu — Report

Based on the latest Quarterly Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerians spent about $4.74 million on foreign healthcare-related services from May 2023 to March 2025, according to findings by The PUNCH. This amount represents the total spending on medical tourism during President Bola Tinubu’s first 22 months in office. A comparative analysis […]

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Presidency denies selective justice as EFCC recovers ₦500bn under Tinubu

Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered assets worth over ₦500 billion and secured more than 7,000 convictions in the past two years. Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu on Monday at the opening of the 7th edition of the EFCC–NJI Capacity-Building Workshop for Judges and Justices […]

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Tinubu to attend 2025 Nigeria diaspora investment summit

President Bola Tinubu will attend the 2025 Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit in Abuja as the Special Guest of Honour, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission. The summit, which will run from November 11 to 13, aims to connect Nigerians living abroad with investment opportunities across key sectors of the country’s economy. Speaking during a […]

Nigeria, others spent $1.4trn on debt servicing in 2023 - World Bank
Opinion

World Bank report exposes worsening poverty under Tinubu — ADC

The African Democratic Congress has said that the World Bank’s October 2025 report, which revealed that 139 million Nigerians are now living below the poverty line, exposes the widening gap between the Federal Government’s claims of economic recovery and the harsh realities faced by ordinary citizens. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, […]

Nigeria, others spent $1.4trn on debt servicing in 2023 - World Bank
Economy

Presidency rejects World Bank’s ‘unrealistic’ 139m poverty figure

The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure as “unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said in a post on […]