Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed President Bola Tinubu over government borrowing, arguing that debt is far worse than leprosy because it ruins generations.
A new report projects that 33.5 million Nigerians across 26 states and the FCT will face acute food insecurity driven by inflation, conflict, and economic shocks.
Prof. Pat Utomi has predicted that Peter Obi’s 2027 presidential platform will target strengthening the naira exchange rate from ₦1,350 to ₦500 per dollar.
President Bola Tinubu has defended the administration’s new foreign loans, emphasizing that the funds will build critical infrastructure and create future opportunities.
The Federal Government has pledged to implement the Minimum Pension Guarantee after an 11-year delay alongside a ₦758 billion bond for accrued rights.
The Federal Executive Council has approved ₦594.49 billion for road projects while Nigeria and West African partners seek AfDB funding for the Lagos-Abidjan highway.
Organised labour has split over the government’s ₦70,000 transport palliative, with radical factions demanding an immediate ₦500,000 minimum wage.
President Bola Tinubu will present the 2027 federal budget to the National Assembly before the end of the year, according to Minister Doris Uzoka-Anite.
President Tinubu has launched a $100 million Southeast gas pipeline project through the SEDC to boost regional industrialization and create jobs.
The Federal Government is considering a new law to protect President Tinubu’s economic reforms, such as taxation and subsidy removal, from future reversal.
