The World Bank projects that the value of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product in 2024 will reduce to $394.94 billion at current prices, that is, a decline of $82.44 from the 2022 size when it was stated to be $477.38 billion. This projected shrinking of the size of the Nigerian economy will reflect in further reduction of the nation’s per capita …

In the 19th century and even before, Bobriskys were lynched like common criminals. Their sin was their considered unusual sexuality. Until then, homosexual activities were classified as “unnatural crime against nature” while sodomy got punished with, sometimes death. In comparison, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, famously known as Bobrisky, has suffered one of the mildest fates. Between 1877 and 1950, over 4000 …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Lagos on Sunday ahead of Eid-el-Fitr, according to a statement on Saturday by his spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. Although the Federal Government is yet to declare the Eid-el-Fitr holiday, the 30-day Ramadan will end on Tuesday. Ngelale said: “In deference to the solemn occasion, which marks the end of Ramadan, the President will …

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, welcomed newly-appointed ambassadors to Nigeria, expressing his commitment to enhancing cooperation in the areas of education, mining, culture, and tourism. The President received Letters of Credence from the High Commissioner of Jamaica, Lincoln Downer; High Commissioner of Australia, Leilani Bin-Juda; and Ambassador of Romania, Florin Talapan at the State House, Abuja. During separate meetings, President …

President Bola Tinubu has thanked former Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), Mr. Jim Obazee for his services as the Special Investigator of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other related entities, upon his task. Obazee was appointed last 28th July to probe CBN. The President commended Obazee for the dedication and professionalism he …

President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria’s economy is at a turning point and would require the steadfast support of the private sector for sustained growth and prosperity. During Iftar (fast breaking during Ramadan) on Thursday in Abuja with members of the Nigerian business community, the President expressed gratitude for their support and pledged to engage with them more frequently. …

Before The Human Flow was published, Jonathan, one of Europe’s most accomplished foreign affairs columnists and journalists, had talked with excitement about the book. It was his first novel. Like a woman who became pregnant when she thought she was past child-bearing, Jonathan, 82, couldn’t wait to make Mary Wesley look like a child prodigy. Sam Omatseye’s book, Beating All the Odds: Diaries …

President Bola Tinubu has said that the future of the Nigerian child is going to be brighter as the path to take them out of poverty has been cleared with his signing into law of the Student Loan Re-enactment Bill. The President spoke on Wednesday night when he hosted members of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council APCPCC) and …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The President’s trip is on the invitation of the Republic of Senegal. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will join other regional leaders to witness the inauguration at Diamniadio Exhibition Centre …

“I know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the National Assembly, and I know what numbers came back… Those who are talking about malicious embellishment in the budget; they did not understand the arithmetic and did not refer to the baseline of what I brought”, President Bola Tinubu declared at the State House, upper …