President Bola Tinubu says the current 18.5 percent interest rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is “too high”. He spoke on Monday during his inaugural speech as president. Last week, the apex bank raised the monetary policy rate (MPR) from 18 percent to 18.5 percent, in an effort to
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THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose […]
Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, on Monday removed the verification tag attached to the account of the former Vice-president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The special verification tag prior to its removal was designed for officials of government. As at press time, our correspondent had observed that Osinbajo’s tag has been removed however the one of […]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year occupancy of the Presidential Villa by virtue of his being the President has ended with the swearing in of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as his successor and 16th President of Nigeria. Clad and resplendent in a white Babaringa with a cap to match with his wife, Aisha and son, Yusuf, beside […]
President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima have both been sworn in as President and Vice President of Nigeria, respectively. The Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, on Monday. Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential […]
One day before the start of a new political epoch in Nigeria, some suspected Yoruba nation agitators sprung a surprise in the early hours of Sunday, May 28, by hijacking a radio station, Amuludun 99.1 FM of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), with the intent of declaring liberation from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. However, it was […]
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