Those familiar with road travel before fancy luxury buses and jeeps displaced wooden-back Bedford light trucks, famously called mammy wagons, might remember this ubiquitous message in cursive, bright colours scrawled on the rear and sometimes on the sides of trucks plying highways in Nigeria’s South-East: “No condition is permanent”. I’m not quite sure what the motivation was. My guess is …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday in Paris, France said that ongoing reforms, starting with the removal of fuel subsidy and streamlining of exchange rate, would be sustained for a more competitive economy that attracts Foreign Direct Investment. He urged investors to take advantage of opportunities in Nigeria. “We are ready for business, prepared to welcome investments”,’ he said, while receiving …

A video is trending online. In it, a man mimicking lawyers with his funny wig and gown was heard reporting a case of theft, ostensibly to a judge: ”My Lord, they have stolen our mandate – but e be like say the thief na better thief”! He then reeled out the good deeds of the “thief” so far! He mentioned …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dissolved the boards of all Federal Government parastatals, agencies, institutions and government-owned companies. According to a statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, headed by Senator George Akume, the exercise is in line with the President’s constitutional powers and in the “public interest”. The statement explained that the dissolution …

For his first foreign trip as Nigerian leader, President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday join his counterparts from across the world to participate in the Paris Summary for New Global Financial Pact. The summit, convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, will be held at Palais Brongniart. According to a statement by the presidential Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication and …

President Bola Tinubu has replaced the service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police. He also appointed Malam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser. Last week, Ribadu, the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Special Adviser on Security. The new service chiefs are: Major General C.G Musa (Chief of Defence Staff), Major General T. A Lagbaja (Chief of …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed the allegation that he tried to cripple the economy of Lagos State when President Bola Tinubu was governor. Last January, Tinubu had recalled how Obasanjo seized the allocations of Lagos State when he was President. He said the seizure of the revenue triggered his intellectual capacity and those of his lieutenants to make Lagos …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Policy Advisory Council has recommended the declaration of a state of emergency on revenue generation in the country. The council also proposed the merger of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigerian Customs Service, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the Nigerian Revenue Service in order to enable an efficient collection of all direct …

As his administration enters its third week, President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed eight Special Advisers. They included Mr. Dele Alake, who was named Special Adviser for Special Duties, Communications and Strategy. Alake served as Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy while Tinubu was the state governor between 1999 and 2007. Others included former Chairman of the Economic and …

President Bola Tinubu has the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa on indefinite suspension. According to a statement on Wednesday night by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, which was signed by its Director of Information, Willie Bassey, the suspension is to allow for a proper investigation into his …