Nigeria’s hunger crisis deepens with 33 million at risk, report says
Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a one third jump from this year due to…
Poverty bites hard under Tinubu-led Nigerian government as state oil firm NNPC Limited raises petrol prices again
Morakinyo Akinosun LAGOS, Nigeria – Amid an intense economic hardship in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu’s government, through the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has increased pump price of…
After many thrown into abject poverty over Nigeria’s economic crisis, IMF denies asking President Tinubu government to remove fuel subsidy
Morakinyo Akinosun The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has clarified that it was not behind the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria, and acknowledged the impact of economic hardship on Nigerians.…
White man shares bread to hungry residents in Nigeria’s Lagos amid prevailing hardship under Tinubu’s administration
That people can queue for free bread on the street mirrored the dire situation most households are subjected to under President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – A…
Nigeria’s Tinubu fires five ministers in first cabinet shake up
Bloomberg Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced an overhaul of his cabinet, relieving five ministers of their positions in the first such shakeup since he took office in May 2023. Tinubu…
‘T Pain’ mismanagement of subsidy removal causing economic crisis – Nigeria’s former VP Atiku says, referring to President Tinubu as ‘T Pain’
Morakinyo Akinosun Atiku Abubakar, an ex-vice president of Nigeria has condemned what he called “mismanagement of the removal of fuel subsidy” by President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, blamed the president’s “haphazard…
Nigerian First Lady Remi Tinubu’s foreign trips in three months cost ₦701 million
In 2023, Oluremi Tinubu said her family does not need Nigeria’s wealth to survive. Morakinyo Akinosun Abuja – In the span of three months, the Federal Government of Nigeria spent…
Nigerian prophet charges Ooni of Ife, Pastor Adeboye, other South-West stakeholders to speak up over prevailing hardship in the country, and to tell President Bola Tinubu the “hard truth” about the current hardship being faced by Nigerians
Morakinyo Akinosun A Nigerian prophet, Sam Olu Alo has charged South-West leaders to tell President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the “hard truth” about the current hardship being faced by Nigerians. Prophet…
Nigerians at breaking point, labour union, former VP Atiku warn as civil organisation demands immediate reversal of the “illegal and unconstitutional” hike in the pump price of petrol
Matthew Onocheta The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and a former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku have warned that the increase in petrol price by the federal government has put most Nigerians…
Nigerian man, 32, kills self in Abeokuta
The deceased’s wife discovered him dead, with his body hanging against the wall, according to police. Morakinyo Akinosun Abeokuta – A 32-year-old man named Olúwaṣeun Shorinola has committed suicide in…