Coups and earthquakes! Foreign journalists from America and Britain who covered Africa back in the day never tired on writing headline stories on coups and earthquakes in Africa. There is no point to be gained denying the hard news that…
NNPC Ltd delivers Port Harcourt Refinery
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has fulfilled its pledge of achieving the mechanical completion of rehabilitation work on Area 5 Plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC). Rehabilitation work has been ongoing at the Refinery for over…
Tinubu’s Supreme Court victory and the calming of political storm in Nigeria — Magnus Onyibe
Given the momentum that had built up in the lead-up to the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandate as the authentic winner of the February 25 elections was pyrrhic or confirmed, it ultimately turned out to…
Student Loan Scheme to take off January 2024 – Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that the new Student Loan Scheme he signed into law earlier in the year should take off fully in Nigeria by January 2024. Tinubu said this in Abuja on Monday at the 29th Nigeria…
Tinubu snubs Niger coup leader’s overtures for direct talks
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rejected overtures by the head of the military junta Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, to have direct access and discussion with him. This came amidst renewed efforts to resolve the crisis in the West…
Tinubu approves temporary allowance for junior federal workers
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced that there will be temporary increment in salary for federal government workers. Tinubu said this in his speech in commemoration of the 63rd independence anniversary of Nigeria on Sunday, October 1, 2023. According to…
Real Madrid star David Alaba visits President Tinubu in France
Real Madrid defender David Alaba met with Nigeria’s president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in France on Friday. Alaba was among the important personalities who attended the diaspora engagement president Tinubu had with Nigerians living in France at the end of the…
ASUU strike, future of education and student loan (an encore) — Magnus Onyibe
This article which was first published in my column on 11th October last year and subsequently on several traditional and online platforms merits being repeated because President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through his signing into law Student Loan (Access to Higher…
Emefiele gone! Tinubu suspends CBN gov, orders probe
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, from office with immediate effect. Willie Bassey, a Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced this…
On the lookout for positive change — Gbubemi Atimomo
My expectations of newly sworn-in leaders across Nigeria On May 29, 2023, amidst great anticipation, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria whilst 28 other elected officials across Nigeria were sworn in as…