Popular singer Simisola Kosoko (simply known as Simi) has urged Nigerian families to pipe down on their excessive demands from their first borns. She said being the firstborn doesn’t mean one should cater for every family member’s financial need. The mother of one said some firstborns have developed panic attacks as a result of constant demands from family members. Simi …

A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to address the economic hardship that Nigerians are going through in 2024. In his 2024 New Year message to the nation on Sunday, Atiku offered “adulation to God and a heart full of gratitude” as Nigerians enter the new year. He, however, acknowledged that 2023 was “definitely a challenging …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households. The event, which coincided with the World Poverty Eradication Day, was held at the Press Gallery of the State House in Abuja. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, represented the President at the event. In attendance were the Minister …

A financial expert has attributed the prevailing economic difficulties, and hardships in the country primarily to the abrupt devaluation of the naira, suggesting that the government acted too hastily in devaluing the currency after the removal of fuel subsidies. Disclosing this in an interview with journalists in Abuja recently, the managing director/chief executive of ID-PETRUS Consult Limited, Idoga Anyebe, said …

I was already halfway through the article for publication today which I entitled “Tinubu, Nigeria is Not Lagos!” when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced a coup against me last night! What I had in mind, and had assembled much of the facts and data, was to analyse the two prong economic decisions of the government, their implications and the pending …

The story that is on every lip and also trending widely is that “life is hard”. It is indeed true. The times are tough and Nigerians are no longer smiling due to unbearable economic hardships. Who will protect the vulnerable and long-suffering masses who are struggling daily to eke out a living? Who will cover their “nakedness”? President Bola Ahmed …