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By Zainab Suleiman Okino President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set forth an ambitious vision for Nigeria’s economic transformation—a $1 trillion economy by 2026, with projections reaching $3 trillion by decade’s end. This bold declaration, made at the 29th Nigerian Economic Summit, outlines a roadmap centred on revitalising agriculture, bolstering manufacturing, promoting made-in-Nigeria goods, and supporting local manufacturers through indigenous sourcing of raw materials. While the timeline has sparked scepticism about its feasibility, there exists a statistical mechanism that might just make this economic utopia achievable: the rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Enugu State Government says it has has commenced payment of gratuities to workers in the state civil service who retired from January 2025. The State Accountant General, Anthony Okenwa, disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu adding that the government began with retirees who had passed through biometric verification mandated by the state governor, Peter Mbah, to eliminate ghost workers from the payroll and pensions records. He said the backlog of gratuities between 2010 and 2024 had been frozen for verification of workers who retired within the period. He assured retirees in the state of the present…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The newly appointed Commissioner of Police (CP) for Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa, has officially assumed duty as the 29th Commissioner of Police, Enugu State command. He succeeded Kanayo Uzuegbu, who has been redeployed following his promotion to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). This was contained in a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dan Ndukwe. According to the statement, Giwa, who hailed from Paikoro, in Niger State, joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1994. He has held several key positions, including Personal Assistant to…

 Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Nigeria’s Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Chief Duben Onyia, has passed away at the age of 73. Late Onyia died on Monday in Abuja following a yet to be disclosed sickness, according to the family in an announcement on Tuesday. He was minister of state for foreign affairs in Nigeria from 1999-2003, during the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The late politician, had a distinguished career in politics and public service spanning several decades. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 1999 but resigned to serve as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has debunked reports that it has placed a ban on activities relating to public evangelism and outdoor crusades in the state. State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, in a viral video, had threatened a fine of N500,000 on anyone found to be disturbing public peace through open evangelism, particularly in parks and markets. In the video, the Governor had described such activities as noise pollution. He warned preachers to desist from the act, as he said it contravenes the law of the state. The matter has since generated wild reaction from both human right lawyers…

Our Reporter,  Abuja  On a day that the former two-term governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, another foundation member and former Governor of Ekiiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has poured cold water on rumours of his own defection from the party saying, “nothing has changed.” Fayemi took to his X account to make the clarification of his continued membership of the ruling party for now while admitting that he has issues  with the current state of the Party with regard to inclusion and…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it will henceforth punish any illegal Taskforce on revenue collection across the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, said this, adding that Governor Peter Mbah’s administration was committed to transparency, accountability and traceability. The SSG further disclaimed a report that a team called “Government House Environmental Taskforce” was set up by the state government with the mandate to collect revenue. The SSG frowned at the illegal taskforce and vowed to investigate the report, and punish those parading themselves as members of the task force in accordance with  the…

…Says Obi not a bad person Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As political realignment thickens ahead of the 2027 polls, Bashir El-Rufai, the son of former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has blamed some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for poisoning his mind against the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. El-Rufai’s son who disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Monday, confessed that the former Anambra State Governor “is after all not a bad person.” This is coming few hours after his father dumped the APC for the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Tinubu, Monday unveiled the Planning Committee of the much-anticipated National Youth Confab. The committee was unveiled at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. This is coming five months after the President in his October 1st broadcast, hinted of convening a National Youth Conference to address some of the concerns being raised by youths in the country. The Committee is to be chaired by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth Development, Mr Olubunmi Olusanya. Inaugurating the committee, President Tinubu challenged youths to take advantage of the opportunity to redefine the fortunes of millions of…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Center for Gender Equity and Sustainable Development, CGESD, has called for an end to discrimination against women. The centre while harping on the need to investigate the Akpabio/ Akpoti-Uduaghan saga also called for “an end to the silencing of women and issues about women in all our lawmaking chambers as well as other public decision making tables.” Executive Director of the Centre, Constance Meju, made these demands amongst others, as the centre joined other women across the globe to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. She spoke against the  suspension of one of the four women in…