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Several markers and official responses in the last week demonstrate the unfolding turmoil in the economy and the uncoordinated response of President Bola Tinubu. While the naira exchange rate rose to N870 to $1, and the pump price of petrol to N617 per litre, inflation rate in June was reported at 22.79 per cent. Food inflation was even higher; and …

The move to rehabilitate criminals into better citizens, which was one of the motives of rechristening prisons as correctional service centres, seems to have been blighted by failure to properly overhaul the critical service and its personnel. After four years Nigerian Prisons Service changed its name to the Nigerian Correctional Service as one of the criteria to solve the problem …

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has nullified the election of Mr. Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party as member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Constituency at the House of Representatives. The tribunal in a judgement on Monday, held that Okolie was not duly sponsored by the Labour Party as he was not a member of the party …

Says it’s ridiculous, embarrassing, threatens nationwide protest  The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has condemned the increase in tuition of higher institutions in the country. The student body said it was most ridiculous and embarrassing that the government would be introducing fees increment without thinking of rescuing over 133 million Nigerian people from multidimensional poverty. In a statement, at …

The result of the unlawful change of add- hoc workers, he said, was the production of different election results from the one submitted by the authentic workers. Alleging that an agent of the state government submitted an unlawful ad-hoc staff list, the Returning Officer explained that the fact that INEC accepted the list and used it was a clear evidence …

Nigeria recorded an average of about 28.2 per cent increase in the prices of major food items consumed in many households in the country in the last year, a PREMIUM TIMES’ market survey has shown. A market check conducted on food prices by this newspaper across nine states in the country shows that the prices of food items have been …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, election and first petitioner in the ongoing case at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Mr Peter Obi, has replied to the threat of anarchy claimed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the second and third respondents in the petition, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shetimma, who argued …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, will likely unveil the names of the ministerial nominees at plenary this week. Plenaries at both chambers of the National Assembly are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. There has been serious agitation over the delay of President Bola Tinubu in constituting his cabinet two months after his inauguration. According to a new amendment to the …

• FG’s Intervention Must Be Science-driven Or It’ll Fail, Says Olurode For 38-year-old Joseph Musa, a mason in Abuja, life has not been too rosy, considering his meagre earnings and the enormous burden of having to fend for his family of four. According to him, surviving has become even more difficult since the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-administration was sworn-in, no …

“He shamelessly resorted to this cheap attempt to intimidate and blackmail the Judiciary even when he is party to a case before the Presidential Election Petition Court. “Let it be said that when it comes to matters of fighting for democracy and democratic ideals, rule of law and independence of Judiciary in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu stands shoulder above Atiku …