By NJORIGE LYNUS Foreign Trips, Jets and SUVs: Examining the Presidency’s ₦6.1 Billion Travel Budget A Costly Line Item AS Nigeria grapples with inflation, subsidy reforms and rising living costs, details from the 2026 Appropriation Bill show that foreign travel remains a major expense for the Presidency. President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima […]
Opening: Reform Leaves Traces, Growth Builds Tracks DEAR compatriots, 2026 begins with national gratitude and strategic clarity. In 2025, reform left its traces—fiscal realignment, improving GDP cadence, moderated FX volatility, and falling inflation. But 2026 will build the tracks: faster growth, broader inclusion, deeper investment and community-level economic activation. Economic Forensics: Surplus, Stocks, Reserves Quarterly […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS Tinubu’s Fiscal Overhaul Raises Questions Over 2026 Budget Viability FRESH concerns have emerged over Nigeria’s 2026 budget following President Bola Tinubu’s push to repeal and re-enact the 2024 and 2025 Appropriation Acts under a single ₦43.56 trillion spending framework. The proposal, now before the National Assembly, is aimed at curbing the long-standing […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS National Assembly Prepares for 2026 Budget Presentation THE National Assembly is set to receive President Bola Tinubu on Friday 19 December 2025 for the presentation of the 2026 Appropriation Bill at a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. The exercise, barring last-minute changes, will formally commence legislative consideration of […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has firmly rejected claims of religious genocide in Nigeria, insisting that the country’s security challenges are rooted in terrorism, criminality and extremism, not persecution of any faith. The President stated this while declaring open the Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) 8th Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting in Abuja. The event […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS A humanitarian group, Equipping The Persecuted, has raised alarm over an alleged plot to carry out coordinated attacks in parts of northern Nigeria on Christmas Day, triggering concern among security watchers even as the Presidency dismissed the warning as questionable. The group’s founder, Judd Saul, disclosed the intelligence during […]
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has relieved Fegho John Umunubo of his duties as Special Assistant on Digital and Creative Economy in the Office of the Vice President. The announcement was made in a statement issued by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information and Public Relations at the State House, on Monday. According to the statement, Mr. Umunubo’s […]