Everybody blow your trumpet is a popular rendition in the church where I worship. Once the lead singer introduces the song, you find the eclectic congregation raising up their hands in unison with palms curved at the wrists around their mouths to blow an imaginary trumpet. After all, there is an old saying that if you dont blow your trumpet, …

Almost everyone thinks they know what is wrong with President Bola Tinubu and his government, except Tinubu himself. And to show that it’s not just bellyaching, there are plenty of examples to beat the president over the head. Headline inflation has risen from 22.2 percent in April 2023 to 33.7 one year after – and is still growing – while …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of seven qualified Nigerians to head strategic agencies and programmes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tusday night, the decision was to facilitate the needed relief to Nigerians and ensure the effectiveness of humanitarian and social development …

President Bola Tinubu has said that he has heard the calls of Nigerians, particularly the youth who led protest against hardship since last Thursday. In a broadcast to the nation on Sunday morning, he said that the voices of anger had been heard “loud and clear”, adding that he understood “the pain and frustration that drive these protests, and I …

President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on Sunday, 4 August 2024. It starts by 7 am. Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to plug into the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast. According to a statement by the spokesperson to …

Let us be clear, the reason for the widespread anger is hyperinflation, which has made the prices of goods, especially food, skyrocket. With an unprecedented inflation ratio of 34.19 per cent in June, driven by more than 40 per cent food inflation, the country is reeling as people find it difficult to feed themselves. A bag of Nigerian rice is …

Founder of QAT Foundation, Hajiya Halimat Adenike has called on Nigerians to maintain every sense of decorum regarding the ongoing nationwide protests. During a youths solidarity protest with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja during the week, Adenike said that the protest is uncalled for, noting that the current administration is still trying to sort out inherited liabilities from the previous …

The Senate has called on organisers of the proposed #Endbadgovernance protests, slated to commence on Thursday, to give President Bola Tinubu more time to allow his policies to yield desired results. The Senate said on Wednesday that one year is too short for the President’s economic and social policies to take root and yield results. At plenary after its executive …

If you are reading the Financial Times and the article is titled “Shock Therapy Alone Will Not Cure Nigeria’s Economic Ills”, you might think the publication is a disgruntled political party media unit or the sore losers of Nigeria’s 2023 general election. This pessimistic article, rife with conspiracy theories, cherry-picking, confusion, half-truths, cherry-picking, and shameless anger-baiting, suggests that Nigeria’s best …

President Bola Tinubu has signed the Minimum Wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, labour unions, and the private sector. The President signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday days after the National Assembly National had passed the Minimum Wage Act, 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from N30,000  to N70,000 pee …