•Tinubu At the heat of a much-publicised robust national conversation on governance and economic reforms, the Presidential Adviser on Policy Communication, Mr Daniel Bwala has affirmed that Nigerians retain the constitutional right to express anger and frustration over the prevailing hardship under the Administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Bwal...
•The protesting youths, today Aggrieved youths in Edo State today blocked the busy Benin–Lagos Expressway at the Ugbowo axis, protesting what they described as worsening economic hardship in the country. The protest led to heavy traffic gridlock for several hours, leaving commuters and motorists stranded along the ever-busy route, reports AFP....
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Former Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has warned that Nigeria’s current taxation policy will deepen hardship and worsen the living conditions of citizens. In a statement shared on his X handle today, Obi said prosperity cannot be achieved by taxing poverty. He stressed that [&...
•Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State Katsina State governor, Malam Dikko Radda, has urged Nigerians to stop blaming state governors alone for the worsening economic hardship in the country, stating that the federal government controls more than half of the country’s monthly federation revenue. The governor, who stated this in an interview wi...
•Obi of Onitsha The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe had lamented that hardship in Nigeria today is worse than what it was last year. In his address at his 2025 Ofala Festival held today in Ime Obi, Igwe Achebe lamented the pathetic poverty level in the country in 2024, but noted that “unfortunately, […]
•Peter Obi Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has said that the current hardship being experienced in the country is mentally affecting Nigerians. Obi, also a former Governor of Anambra State, lamented what he described as troubling and deepening mental health crises in the country, saying...
•Tinubu and Nigerian workers The federal government has come under pressure as restive workers’ unions rev up agitations over living conditions. Among the labour unions that have recently been at daggers drawn with the government are the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),...
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has faulted the plan to increase the salaries of political office holders, describing it as “highly insensitive” amid Nigeria’s current economic challenges. During an interview on Channels Television today, Falana criticised the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission for what...
•Okonjo-Iweala and Tinubu The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the federal government to put social safety nets in place for poor Nigerians who are feeling the pains of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Okonjo-Iweala stated this today after a meeting with the president at the...
•Nigerian-used vehicles Soaring living costs, high exchange rates, and rising import tariffs are pushing foreign-used cars out of reach for many Nigerians, with Nigerian-used cars becoming the popular option. This trend, it was learnt, is fuelling a boom in the Nigerian-used cars market as more buyers turn to locally pre-owned vehicles for aff...

