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Tinubu’s ₦3.3tn Power Sector Payout Elicits Hope – and Skepticism – in Nigeria’s Long Struggle with Unreliable Electricity

President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦3.3 trillion payment plan aimed at clearing a decade-long backlog of debts in Nigeria’s troubled power sector, a move...

Amid Rising Fiscal Pressures and Debt Concerns NASS Approval of ₦68.3trn 2026 Budget Stirs Concern

Nigeria’s National Assembly has approved a ₦68.3 trillion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, marking one of the largest spending plans in the country’s...

Approval of $6bn Loan in 4hours: Atiku slams Tinubu, Senate

Press Statement Former Vice President and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep concern over reports that the Senate approved...

Senate Approves Tinubu’s $6bn Loan Plan Amid Economic Debate

The Senate on Tuesday approved a $6 billion external borrowing request by President Bola Tinubu, fast-tracking a decision that has triggered fresh debate among...

Abuja Firm Slams N5Bn Suit Against Civil Defence Corps Over Unlawful Shutdown of Work

An Abuja based Company, Stone Rockers Limited has instituted a N5Bn Suit against the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over an alleged...

Tinubu Sets Up High-Level Task Force to Drive Petroleum Sector Reforms

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Petroleum Reform and Value Optimisation Task Force to design and implement the next...

Court Adjourns N100m Suit Between EEDC and Anambra Activist to May 25

By Chuks Collins, Awka A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has adjourned until May 25, 2026, further proceedings in a ₦100 million...

Why Nigerians Are Poor — Peter Obi

Peter Obi, presidential front-runner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former candidate of the Labour Party Nigeria in the 2023 election, has attributed...

A $1 Trillion Economy Needs a $1 Trillion Health Vision

By Agbor Neji Ebuta, MD In 1986, one of my uncles graduated as a medical doctor. Our extended family gathered in Ikom, Cross River State,...

Soludo Shuts Down Nnewi Market Over Sit-at-Home Compliance

By Chuks Collins, Awka For the second time in less than four weeks, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has ordered the...

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