A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari had worsened the “very bad” economic situation he inherited when he assumed power in 2015. Soludo spoke at the ‘Big Ideas Podium’, a public policy debate organised...

In September 2008, about 9 years ago, this writer published an article title “If Yar’Adua Doesn’t Die!” (https://yashuaib.com/politics/if-president-yaradua-doesnt-die/). It was a response to strong insinuations in the media on the plight of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who was alive then but some commentators were...

Presidency has said the beneficiaries of the N5,000 stipend in the Social Investment Programmes, SIP, were selected through a credible process by non partisan approach. It stated that government workers, working with the state officials, identified the poorest local government areas, using an existing poverty...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid to borrow $29.96 billion suffered a fresh setback yesterday as Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki declared that the position of the National Assembly on the matter remained unchanged. Saraki spoke amid speculation that his meeting with Buhari in the Aso Rock...

The Federal Government has said it is owing former Presidents and ex-Heads of State including Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Shagari allowances since January this year. This was made know on Thursday when the members of the Senate Committee of Federal Character and Intergovernmental...

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has urged Senate President, Bukola Saraki not to support the plan by the Federal Government to obtain a $29.96 billion foreign loan. He said the loan would further ruin the country’s economy. In a statement by his Special Assistant on...