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• Experts seek deliberate actions to tackle FX crisis, insecurity, corporate failure• Workers demand timely closure of new minimum wage negotiation• Safety, infrastructure development, vessel building top maritime agenda• Telcos to reap from rising content consumption• Controversial USSD debt carried into 2024 Against the backdrop of tougher projections for the New Year, economists and allied professionals have said Nigerians could be …

The leadership of the Labour Party has labelled the reported ‘mechanical completion’ and the ‘flare start-off’ of the country’s biggest crude refinery in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, as a sham. This was even as the ruling All Progressives Congress cautioned the Labour Party against misleading the public, stressing that it is not every issue that should be politicised. The …

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law in keeping with his avowed commitment to maintaining a timeous, predictable, and efficient budget cycle. President Tinubu assented to the bill in his office at the Presidential Villa State House, on Monday, shortly after returning to Abuja from Lagos. Speaking at the signing of the bill, the President …

Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will remove all the obstacles confronting the nation’s economy and businesses, saying he is not insensitive to the plight of the citizens. Tinubu stated this in his New Year national broadcast on Monday, according to the Vanguard. “I am well aware that for some time now the conversations and debates …

Many politically conscious Nigerians knew that the criminally incompetent rulers in Nigeria, were indirectly indicted when Victor Osimhen was crowned the African Footballer for the year 2023. Why? The answer is not far-fetched. At that grand ceremony at the Palais Des Congress in Marrakech, Morrocco, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on December 11, 2023, Victor …

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Chrys Kaniki, a Senior Technical Officer for Strategy and Policy, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, sheds light on the disparities in healthcare workforce distribution on the African continent and the pressing challenge of brain drain. PT: Can you provide an overview of the current state of healthcare professionals in Africa, with a focus …

*says FG must show clear direction. The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,  in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu, on what to prioritize in 2024. He urged Tinubu to focus on revamping the Nigerian economy, reduce the cost of goods and services and improve security  in order to deal with our existential …

As the day winds down for a New Year to begin, Nigerians across the length and breadth of the country have called on government to ameliorate suffering of the masses in 2024, as 2023 was an unforgettable experience. They also called on government to maintain low profile and shun ostentatious living. Speaking differently to The Guardian, they said government has …

*Pegs crude oil benchmark at $77.96 per barrel, 1.78m barrels daily output, exchange rate N800*Capital expenditure N9,995,143,298,028, recurrent expenditure  N8,768,513,380, 852*Defence gets highest allocation of N1.308tn, police affairs N869.121bn, education N857.134bn, health N667.577bn  *NJC gets highest statutory transfer of N341.626bn, NDDC N338.925bn, UBEC N263.044bn, NEDC N131.836bn  *Senate okays Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8bn, €100m*Lawmakers approve president’s proposal to securitise N7.3tn ways …

The factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has resigned from his position and membership of the House. Edison’s resignation was contained in a letter dated December 29, 2023, and signed by him. The letter was addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, a copy of which was made available to the PUNCH …