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[ad_1] Experts and stakeholders across key sectors in Nigeria, including security, economy, and agriculture, have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use the midpoint of his administration to reassess ongoing policies and take concrete steps to deliver tangible benefits to Nigerians.Since his inauguration on May 29, 2023, President Tinubu’s economic reforms—particularly the removal of fuel subsidies and the unification of the foreign exchange market—have been hailed by institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. However, critics argue these policies have led to widespread hardship, pushing more Nigerians into poverty and worsening the country’s fragile security situation.…

[ad_1] Four herders and nine cows were reportedly killed, while several houses were set ablaze in two separate attacks in Bokkos and Bassa LGAs of Plateau State on Tuesday.Five other people, including women, sustained injuries during the attacks and are currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Bokkos. The incidents occurred just hours after an earlier attack in which seven members of a family were killed in the Kopmur community, Mushere District of Bokkos.SPONSOR AD Earlier this week, Daily Trust reported the killing of a clergyman, Reverend Mikang Lekyil, who was shot dead by suspected kidnappers in Kwakas.Two women, including…

[ad_1] Halfway into President Bola Tinubu’s first term, the scorecard of his stewardship is not looking impressive—at least to most Nigerians, who continue to await the crystallisation of the positive effects of his landmark economic reforms.Tinubu anchored his electoral campaign on economic reforms, which the state of the Nigerian economy had made imperative at the time. He hinged his reform programme on a search for appropriate pricing of products, particularly petroleum products and foreign exchange. On his first day in office, while still at the inauguration venue on May 29, 2023, at Eagle Square in Abuja, Tinubu made the now-famous…

[ad_1] The brutal killing of the Rano DPO was heartbreaking, yet we must also confront the cruelty often inflicted by security forces on citizens. Both are wrong—barbarism from any side must end if we truly seek justice and peace.This tragic mob attack on the Rano Police Division in Kano State, which claimed the life of a senior police officer and led to the destruction of government property, is not an isolated incident—it is a mirror reflecting Nigeria’s deeper crisis. Beneath the surface of this violent outburst lies a combustible mix of institutional decay, broken family systems, youth alienation, rampant corruption…

[ad_1] Experts with the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAEng) have explained why the Alau Dam in Borno State collapsed in 2024.Daily Trust reports that in 2024, Alau Dam collapsed, causing catastrophic flooding in Borno State and killing some people, with an estimated 300,000 residents displaced. After the collapse, professionals from the NAEng visited the scene to assess the situation and proffer lasting solutions.SPONSOR AD At this year’s public forum held virtually in Lagos with the title ‘Dam Infrastructure and Flood Risk Management’, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology and Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Prof James Aribisala, presented a…

[ad_1] The Senate on Wednesday adopted the harmonised version of the four tax reform bills compiled by the conference committee of both chambers of the National Assembly.This was sequel to the consideration and adoption of the recommendations of the conference committee of the chambers set up to harmonise the bills. The bills are the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill, 2025; Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, 2025; Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, 2025; and Nigeria Tax Bill, 2025.SPONSOR AD President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had transmitted the four bills to the National Assembly in November 2024, for consideration and passage.The tax bills had…

[ad_1] A key political figures in Nigeria, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have scored the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu low after two years in power.However, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen said President Tinubu had demonstrated good leadership and courage from the first day he assumed office. The PDP presidential candidate in 2023 election said the Tinubu administration had failed in the last two years, setting the record for wasteful spending of public resources.SPONSOR AD Atiku, in a statement to mark two years of the present administration which…

[ad_1] Nigeria’s poultry business is the most well-organised in the livestock sector. From a rural system, it has developed into a more commercially structured one.The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimated that Nigeria’s poultry sector is worth $4.2 billion but shortage of maize, which is used to make poultry feed, is endangering the sector. Although it mostly serves the local market with some informal trade in the ECOWAS sub-region, analysts believe that with a few changes, it may eventually reach the global market.SPONSOR AD Dr Junaidu Maina, a livestock specialist, has outlined the different methods Nigeria might easily…

[ad_1] Buhari cites medical reason for absence at ECOWAS 50th anniversary

[ad_1] The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, said the briefing he has so far gotten did not suggest that the suspect in the explosion that occurred in front of the Mogadishu military barracks was caused by a suicide bomber.Wike spoke when he was responding to questions from journalists during the inspection of some road projects lined up for commissioning to mark President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second year in office. The minister cautioned the media to be wary of what they report so as not to create unnecessary fear in the minds of residents.SPONSOR AD The minister said, ‘’The security…