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President Bola Tinubu PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu stated that Nigeria’s economy has moved “from stabilisation to shared prosperity,” citing non-oil exports above $6 billion, external reserves of about $55 billion, and a target of a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Speaking at the public presentation of Economic Diversification and Structural Transformation in Nigeria: Past, Present and Future, authored by Abdulmumin Kofa, Tinubu said the country had abandoned “cosmetic remedies” for what he called the “hard road of surgery.” According to him: “For too long, Nigeria’s story was a song sung in a single note. We were a nation of boundless promise tied to a single product, our budget, our currency and the livelihoods of millions rising and falling with the tides of a distant oil market. We floated on the fragile illusion of oil wealth while the foundations beneath us crackborders. ”When I took the oath of office, I did not inherit a calm sea; I inherited a gathering storm: a collapsing naira, debt s...

AHEAD  of 2027 general elections, the National Assembly has condemned the wave of political violence across the country. While the Senate urged the security agents to apprehend and prosecute whoever was culpable in such acts to serve as deterrent to others. Speaking with journalists,  Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu(APC, Ekiti South),  said: “President Bola Tinubu is preaching peace and national harmony, the National Assembly is in support of Mr President on this.  “We thus condemn in totality any act of political violence and urge the security agents to apprehend whoever is culpable in  such heinous act.” Meanwhile, the Reps in its resolution, sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the House Minority Leader, Mr. Fred Agbedi, and 16 other lawmakers, expressed concern over attacks on political meetings, rallies and processions in different parts of the country. In Katsina St...

Governor Seyi Makinde, presidential candidate, APM. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the Presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has said that he supported President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 elections in the belief that he would build a government of national unity and competence, but rather he turned out to be building political power. In a post on his RESET Nigeria website, Makinde, said three years later, he did not believe Tinubu’s administration "is taking us in that direction.” He said: “I supported President Tinubu in 2023. Today, I am running against him in the 2027 presidential election. “Some people have asked what changed. Others believe there must have been a personal disagreement between us. “I understand why they would think that. But my decision is not about a personal disagreement or an ambition to occupy Aso Rock. It is about the future of Nigeria and the opportunities available to Nigerians. “I supported President Tinubu because I be...

Adekunle Adekoya By Adekunle Adekoya RECENTLY , the Senate was debating issues relating to the need to revive Nigeria Airways, our defunct national carrier, or the one that became a sakamanje run under the Buhari administration, called Nigeria Air. The Senate rejected calls for the revival of Nigeria Airways and Air Nigeria, and instead urged the Federal Government to renegotiate and enforce Nigeria’s Bilateral Air Services agreements, BASA, with China to allow Nigerian airlines to operate direct flights to the Asian country. According to the Senate, there is the urgent need for a review of existing aviation arrangements to address the imbalance in flight operations between both countries and ensure that Nigerian carriers enjoy reciprocal access to China directly. The Senate also urged the Federal Government to explore ways of establishing a viable national carrier that would fly the nation’s flag to ease challenges confronting Nigerian air travellers rather than what it described as w...

THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, demanded a comprehensive overhaul of the region’s security architecture, warning that the persistent attacks on highways, forests and rural communities expose serious gaps in the fight against criminality. The organisation called on governments at all levels to move beyond security meetings and existing interventions by equipping security agencies, particularly the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, with sophisticated weapons, modern surveillance technology and the operational capacity to confront increasingly emboldened criminal gangs. Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, said: “We are deeply saddened that these disheartening incidents are occurring at all, as they remind us that much still needs to be done to secure the people and ensure their safety.” The organisation expressed worry over what he described as part of a disturbing pattern of violent crimes ac...

*Rejects subsidy return  THE South-West Council of Obas and Traditional Rulers, yesterday, endorsed President Bola Tinubu, declaring that sustaining the principle of power rotation is critical to national unity, political stability, equity and inclusiveness. The meeting, which was hosted by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, attracted the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi; the Alake of Egbaland; the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti; the Soun of Ogbomosho; the Deji of Akure; and the Elegushi of Ikate-Elegushi, among other prominent traditional rulers. Other monarchs included the Ogoga of Ikere-Ekiti, Ajero of Ijero, Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Alara of Ilara Epe, Oniru of Iru-land, Oniba of Iba, Osolu of Irewe, Olu of Ilaro, Akarigbo of Remo-land, Olofin of Isheri, Ebunmawe of Ago-Iwoye, Olowo of Owo, Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland and Orangun of Oke-Ila. The monarchs also backed the proposed establishment of state police. These were among the major resolutions reached at a meeting held at the Aaf...