Macron Vows to Assist Nigeria After Wave of Student Kidnappings
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will increase support to Nigeria as the country battles a surge in jihadist and criminal violence. Macron said President Bola Tinubu asked for broader cooperation, and he pledged to work more closely with Nigerian…
2027 polls: Why must Tinubu concede 41 Unity Colleges to bandits?
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government’s announcement shutting down 41 unity colleges in the country following regular, smooth invasion and abduction of innocent kids in boarding houses signals loss of hope in the fight against banditry and Islamist insurgency in the country….
Will dom refining boost or burst our struggling economy?
Sopuruchi Onwuka Propositions and actual projects that portend over 3.0 million barrels per day of local refining capacity may raise serious challenges to the nation’s fiscal and economic stability, given that the emerging refining boom may impose acute foreign exchange…
House of Reps approves Tinubu’s sacking of Rivers State govt
Sopuruchi Onwuka Despite rising condemnation of the declaration of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, the House of Representatives on Thursday endorsed the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the state assembly…
Nigeria pledges returns for energy investors
* Dismantles all entry barriers Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian government has called on the international investment community to take advantage of the ongoing economic reforms to seek commercial opportunities in the country’s energy industry. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who declared the…
Paradox of profligacy: Tinubu’s jet amidst crushing poverty in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka President Bola Tinubu’s recent acquisition of a new Airbus A330 business jet, amid Nigeria’s most severe economic crisis in decades, has sparked widespread outrage, drawing attention to the stark contrast between the government’s extravagance and the dire living…
Tinubu commends increased crude production to 1.61 mbpd
Says output surge buoyed by reforms President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday declared resurgence in the oil and gas industry activities, commending the increased crude production to 1.6 million barrels per day. The president, who said this in a national…
Feb Polls: PEPC clears Tinubu, Shettima, INEC of all allegations
Sopuruchi Onwuka The growing fear of all aggrieved parties in the February presidential elections at today’s rulings at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) have morphed into total despondency following a clean swipe of all cases concluded today in favour…
Nigeria’s inflation overshoots to near-two-decade high in July
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s inflation on global ratings jumped by 1.3 percent in one month to reach troubling 24.1 percent just one month after the new government of President Bola Tinubu came into office and pulled all the price triggers in…
Comparative data challenges NNPC’s import claims
Sopuruchi Onwuka Market data from S&P Global Commodities at Sea have revealed that Nigeria’s petrol import in May averaged just 205,200 b/d or 32,595,000 liters in May, validating reports by The Oracle Today that the about 70 million liters regularly…
