•Blackout Residents, business owners, hospital administrators, and others in Northern Nigeria have expressed concern as the region marks its eighth consecutive days without electricity, leading to significant disruptions in essential services and economic activities. The outage, which began last Monday, was triggered by the tripping off of the...
•A suicide survivor Nigeria has witnessed a surge in suicide cases in recent times with several individuals taking their own lives or attempting to do so due to various reasons. The spate of suicides has left many in shock as concerns are raised over the state of mental health in the country, reports Sunday Vanguard. […]
•Tinubu Daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol in Nigeria has dropped drastically under one year after President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. Data obtained by our correspondent from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Product Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) Daily Truck Out Report, showed that consumption as of...
•Tinubu Members of the Organised Private Sector and Civil Society Organisations have lamented the increasing hardships in the country, characterised by rising inflation, soaring food prices, and increasing unemployment. They called for a rethink of government policies, which they noted, elicited sorrows and tears, reports The PUNCH. According ...
•Mohammed and Tinubu Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has told the Tinubu-led federal government to review its fiscal and monetary policies as they are not yielding results in the areas of poverty alleviation and unemployment. Mohammed, speaking at the World Bank Nigeria development update themed, ‘Staying the course: Progress amid pressi...
•Tinubu and World Bank The ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has said the recent statement by the World Bank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Mr. Indermit Gill, at the 30th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES30) in Abuja on socio-economic reform is contradictory and deadly. The AAN Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, said this yesterday in Abuja in a [...
•Tinubu The World Bank Vice President and Chief Economist, Mr. Indermit Gill said yesterday that the federal government should sustain ongoing reforms despite the hardship on Nigerians. While also commending the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN for the unification of the exchange rates, Gill called on the federal government to provide cost-effecti...
•Shettima and Tinubu Amid the hardship faced by Nigerians, the federal government says it empathises with the citizens, especially the poor. The Vice President, Senator Shettima, stated this in Abuja today during the 30th anniversary of the Nigerian Economic Summit, reports Channels TV. He defended the economic policies of the current administ...
•Tinubu The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately review his policies so as to check the widespread hardship in the country. In a communique after its meeting at the Party headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, the BOT expressed concerns over the economic hardship and “general [&hell...
•Rotimi Amaechi A former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed frustration with the general public’s apparent calmness amid severe economic hardship. Speaking during an interview with ABN TV, Amaechi questioned why Nigerians are not more vocal in their outrage, pointing to rising costs and the inability of many to afford basi...

