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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised that Nigeria should approach the government of Zimbabwe for a solution to the current all-time high inflation in the country. He noted that since Zimbabwe was recently confronted with the same problem and came out of it, the southern African country would have useful advice for Nigeria. In its latest release, the National …

Maryam Soliu, 75, sat down on a wooden chair as she monitored  and supervised the running of activities in her local Garri store at Shamsudeen Community, Ilorin East local government area of Kwara State. Before the crush on the economy,  the business of Garri was the only inclined business she could hop into— the huge profit and her achievement in …

Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja after a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar. According to report by the PUNCH, the presidential jet, NAF 001, that conveyed the President landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 7pm Nigerian time. This concluded his 12th foreign trip since assuming the Presidency nine months …

PARIS — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in France’s constitution, a historic move designed to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights seen in the United States in recent years. In an exceptional joint session of parliament convened at the Palace of Versailles, the bill was approved …

DENVER — Former President Donald Trump gained a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him — or any other federal candidates — from the ballot under a rarely-used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The decision shuts down a push in dozens …

Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly killed a soldier, injured another, killed two farmers and injured several others in separate attacks on Ochumekwu and Udedeku communities in Apa and Kwande Local Government areas of Benue State, respectively. The military personnel attacked Sunday afternoon were part of the troops of the military spike operation, code-named Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, deployed to the state …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a warning message to Nigeria and other West African nations regarding trends in borrowing practices. Traditionally, nations often relied on loans from the Paris Club, a group of creditor countries. However, the CBN has observed a significant shift towards borrowing from non-Paris Club members and private lenders, such as banks and investors …

EFCC had announced that his arrest took place at about 8.30pm, noting that he had been on EFCC’s watch list for some time over corruption allegations. Willie Maduabuchi Obiano, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, said in a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, that he could not be prosecuted in Abuja for fraud crimes he allegedly …

Following a PREMIUM TIMES exposé on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s abandonment of work for a fun trip to Grenada for days, the Lagos State helmsman has been making frantic efforts to misinform and mislead citizens and residents to believe he travelled to the Island for ‘state business’. In a tweet on his official X account @jidesanwoolu, which was later edited multiple times, Mr Sanwo-Olu …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister of state, Mariya Mahmoud, on Monday, March 4, declared that the looting of a warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha on Sunday by hoodlums was beyond hunger, but a criminal act. … Visits scene of incident The minister made this declaration at the end of her assessment visit to Gwagwa-Tasha to ascertain the level of damage …