The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Bola Tinubu to disclose the agreements and spending details of loans obtained by the administrations of Nigeria’s past presidents since May 1999. SERAP urged Tinubu “to direct appropriate ministries, departments and…
Ministry of Finance issues new TSA guidelines, countering misleading reports
In a recent development, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy has issued a circular dated December 28th, 2023, introducing fresh directives for the implementation of Nigeria’s Treasury Single Account (TSA). Contrary to some misleading reports suggesting…
*Counting of votes commences in Kogi guber poll (Vanguard)*Driver allegedly kills passerby in Lagos (Punch)
Counting of votes commences in Kogi guber poll (Vanguard) Counting of votes has begun in most polling units in Lokoja, at the end of voting by accredited voters. In polling unit 065 ward A, Sabon Gari, INEC officials and party…
Colonel Nurudeen Yusuf assumes duty as Tinubu’s ADC
The Aide-De-Camp, ADC, to President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Colonel Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf, has assumed office. Yusuf, who assumed his new role barely four weeks to the inauguration of the President-elect, is not a stranger to Aso Rock vicinity, having previously…
Steal the election and let them go to court — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Any ruling party can make even a goat win an election. The only exception to this great truism is Goodluck Jonathan who lost his baton. Nigeria had a much-ballyhooed presidential election on February 25, and there is not much to…
*Tinubu wins polling unit, Obi second, Atiku third (Vanguard)*Obi wins in Aso Rock polling unit (Tribune)
Tinubu wins polling unit, Obi second, Atiku third (Vanguard) Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has defeated his colleagues in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) at…
Don’t be fooled: Tinubu is APC and APC is Tinubu — Anthony Echi
Dear Nigerians, this election is not about Tinubu or Atiku or Obi. It is not about a Yoruba, Fulani or Igbo candidate. It is not about Easterners or Westerners or Northerners. No sir. It is about you and I. It…
Mefy, stop riding the back of a tiger — Ehi Braimah
For those who do not know, “Mefy” is the alias of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who completed his first term of five years in 2019 and was re-appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari for another…
Professor Akinterinwa goofed — Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has reacted to a newspaper article credited to Professor Bola Akinterinwa, saying that a statement he attributed to him, “is not mine”. Read the full statement below: The following disclaimer is without prejudice to the…