•House of Representatives A showdown looms in the House of Representatives this week between lawmakers elected on the platform of the ruling party and their opposition counterparts over the $2.2m (N1.77tn) loan request by President Bola Tinubu. This is as the Deputy Spokesperson of the House, Mr Philip Agbese has declared that the Green Chambe...
•Nigerian Senate The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has said the National Assembly will conduct open debate on the President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills before it for Nigerians’ input. Adaramodu, who said the majority of those criticising the bills in the media had not seen it and acting based [&h...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has granted approval to the ₦1.77 trillion ($2.2b) loan request of President Bola Tinubu after a voice vote in favour of the request. The Senate presided by Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, approved the loan after the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts chaired by Senator Wammako Magatarkada (APC, Soko...
•Tinubu and Showunmi A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and public affairs analyst, Segun Showunmi, has described President Bola Tinubu’s media architecture as a huge disappointment. Tinubu has been receiving knocks over increasing number of his media aides, with Daniel Bwala being the latest addition, reports Daily Trust. Show...
•Tinubu and Senate The Senate will approve the $2.2bn (about N1.77trillion) loan request of President Bola Tinubu today (Wednesday). This request, submitted by the president, is part of the external borrowing plan outlined for implementing the N28.7tn 2024 budget, reports The PUNCH. In separate letters read during the Senate and House of Repre...
•Obasanjo and Tinubu The presidency has kept silent on the criticisms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Obasanjo had, according to a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, alleged that Nigeria is currently under a state capture and that the country’...
•Obasanjo and Tinubu Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has issued a scathing critique of Nigeria’s current state under President Bola Tinubu, labeling the country’s status as a “failing state” marked by pervasive corruption and leadership failure. Obasanjo made these remarks during his keynote address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum hel...
•Melaye and Tinubu A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, Senator Dino Melaye, has shared a clever response to a supporter of President Bola Tinubu who begged him for money. Melaye, in a Facebook post today, said he wrote “Renewed Hope” on the cheque he gave to Tinubu’s supporter. “Tinubu supporter begged me […]...
•Tinubu The latest outlook report of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, for sub-Sahara Africa has indicated that the broad-based economic reforms embarked upon by the current federal government are still struggling for a positive impact, 18 months after commencement. Also, stakeholders in the food sector have indicated that the reforms have...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied claims that the building of homes for judges in Abuja is for the purpose of pocketing the judges for political gains. He said that the construction of homes for judges is not his policy, but part of welfare packages […]

