A tough festive season lies ahead for Nigerians as the country’s headline and food inflation rates worsened under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
Economists and financial analysts believe the government’s interventions to tame inflation are not enough, the reason it has continued to rise, hitting 34.60 percent in November.
They also believe the Federal Government’s announcement of a free train ride...
A Manchester City fan passed away following a medical incident, during their 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.
The tragic news was confirmed by the club in a terse statement on Monday.
It read: “Manchester City are aware of the tragic news that one of our supporters passed away following a medical incident at yesterday’s match.
“The...
A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has claimed that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was used to eliminate his predecessor, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Dalung said the political elites, however, dumped Buhari after using him to eliminate Jonathan.
The former Minister spoke while featuring on Seun Okinbaloye’s podcast, Mic On.
He also alleged that the political elites hijacked Buhari’s government from him after he...
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Ondo Chapter, has appealed to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to, as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency in the sports sector of the state.
While lamenting the dwindling fortunes of sports in the state, SWAN expressed concern that it is gradually slipping into comatose.
A statement issued by the Chairman of SWAN...
Nigeria’s inflation rate for the month of November 2024 rose to 34.60 percent from 33.88 percent in October, indicating worsening hardship for Nigerians.
This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics’ latest Consumer Price Index and Inflation for November.
The report showed that the country’s headline or all-items inflation increased by 0.72 percent on a month-on-month basis.
Also, Nigeria’s inflation increased...
President Bola Tinubu has postponed Tuesday’s scheduled 2025 national budget presentation to both houses of the National Assembly.
The N47.9 trillion 2025 Budget was earlier scheduled to be presented to the legislators, but reports within the National Assembly as obtained by newsmen correspondent indicated that the presentation has been shifted to Wednesday, 18th December 2024.
The reasons for the postponement were...
The Archbishop of the Methodist Church Nigeria Lagos, Most Rev Isaac Ayo Olawuyi, has called for the election of a Muslim governor in Lagos State in 2027.
He pointed out that, by then, Christians will have held the governorship for 12 consecutive years.
This statement was made during the Lagos House of Assembly’s 22nd Annual Thanksgiving Service, themed ‘The Voice of...
As opposition political parties plan towards sacking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from Aso Rock in 2027, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, in the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Charmingpro reports that Kwankwaso, alongside former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, met with Obasanjo at...
The Executive Secretary, Yobe State Agency for Control of AIDS, YOSACA, Dr. Jibrin Adamu Damazai, has lamented that inadequate funding is a significant challenge in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the State
Damazai raised the concern during a recent evet marking this year’s World AIDS Day.
“Increasing funding would allow YOSACA to expand initiatives targeting vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents,...
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has warned that it would wield the big stick against any doctor who continues to promote factionalisation in the association.
The warning came after the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the NMA concluded a review of chapter elections in Enugu, Zamfara, Edo and Kogi states.
It ratified the elections conducted in those states.
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