President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja expressed his resolute commitment to break the vicious cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending, and the resulting burden of debt servicing it places on the management of Nigeria’s limited government revenues. Inaugurating the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, chaired by Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, the President charged the committee …

It was the immortal Winston Churchill who once described democracy as the worst form of government except all other governments that have been tried and discarded in the past. The truism is obvious. It accentuates the Lincolnian classical definition of democracy. Despite its flaws , democracy offers the best hope of man in a conflicted world. It gives room for free expression, …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated African champions D’Tigress after clinching the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title for the fourth consecutive time. Following their triumph at the just-concluded tournament in Kigali, Rwanda, D’Tigress arrived Abuja on Sunday, where they were given a heroic welcome. The four-time champions arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Ethiopian Airlines and were received by …

The nomination of an indigene of Abuja, Hon. Zephaniah Bitrus Jisalo as a minister has been described as a demonstration of commitment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to national integration. No indigene of Abuja has been minister since Nigeria’s return to democracy 24 years ago. According to a statement from his media office in Abuja, a major stake holder in …

A “wind of change” is blowing across Africa but this time around, it is not the same wind of change that erstwhile British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, spoke about – the positive wind of change blowing away colonial rule and ushering in Independence to the African colonies of Britain. Macmillan made his famous speech to the parliament of apartheid South …

The National Association of Polytechnics Students (NAPS) has given President Bola Ahmed Tinubu seven days to sack the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe in Bayelsa State, Dr. Lukman Adegoke Agbabiaka over what it described as “poor leadership style, corruption and intimidation of students and staff of the school”. During a press conference at the SUG Secretariat of the Kaduna …

President Bola Tinubu said a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank is underway, while a thorough overhaul of the civil service payroll is imminent. During an audience with the President of the World Bank, Mr. Ajay Banga on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President disclosed: ”A comprehensive forensic audit is on-going at the Central Bank. We are …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, declared that despite the nation’s current rate of energy supply, his administration is poised to address all the obstacles militating against stable electricity supply in the country. He said his administration will bring solutions to the multifarious challenges across the electric power sector value chain which will significantly relieve longstanding problems of suppressed demand …

The removal of fuel subsidy and the convergence of the foreign exchange markets – the two major policy objectives President Bola Tinubu has committed himself to since assuming office – inevitably came with economic cost to the people who have had to bear the pains of higher cost of living. The jump in pump price of fuel and devaluation of …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday urged the leadership of the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC), particularly elected officials, to be steadfastly committed to good governance which would re-engineer the economic and political landscape of the nation to address the needs of the poor. At the 12th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party where former Kano State Governor, …