The Senate on Tuesday approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin, endorsing a regional intervention aimed at restoring stability after an attempted coup in the neighbouring country. The decision followed deliberations in the Senate Committee of the Whole, during which lawmakers considered the President’s appeal in accordance with…
21 Economic Miracles Currently Happening Under President Tinubu By Reno Omokri One: Our foreign reserves have crossed the $45 billion mark for the first time in six years. It is now the fourth-highest on the African continent. Two: The prudent management of our foreign reserves under President Tinubu has led to a 3.93% GDP growth…
Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi has described the kidnapping of schoolchildren as a “lesser evil” compared to killing soldiers, insisting that Nigeria must negotiate with bandits to prevent greater bloodshed. Speaking in an interview with the BBC shared on Tuesday, Gumi said that while the abduction of minors is “evil,” it remains less grievous than murder…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Economic Community of West African States has declared a state of emergency across the region. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, made the announcement on Tuesday during the 55th Session of the Mediation and Security Council at the ministerial level in Abuja. Touray said recent developments underline the…
President Bola Tinubu has formally sought the approval of the Senate to deploy Nigerian troops in the Benin Republic to help protect the neighbouring country’s democratic institutions. In a letter just read to senators by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu said the troops, deployed on a Peace mission, was in compliance…
A Russian military plane crashed on Tuesday during a test flight after repair work, the defence ministry said. TASS state news agency reported seven people were on board at the time of the crash and it was unknown whether they survived. “Today in the Ivanovo region, during a test flight following repairs, an AN-22 military…
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida on Tuesday signed an executive order, designating Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as terrorist organisations. In a post on social media on Tuesday, Mr DeSantis shared a copy of the executive order, designating the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliate Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist and…
No fewer than 17 federal government agencies have been ranked completely inefficient by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) in its latest Business Facilitation Act (BFA) Performance Report which rates how ministries, departments and agencies are enabling the ease of doing business in Nigeria through implementation of reforms, policies and public service delivery. The…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stated that its aircraft that landed in Burkina Faso Monday night did so for safety reasons and “in accordance with standard safety procedures and international aviation protocols.” In a Tuesday statement by its spokesperson, Ehimen Ejodame, the air force said the crew of the NAF C-130 aircraft “observed a…
Abubakar Yakubu has won the election to become the new president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), defeating Rita Daniels by a slim margin. The closely contested election, held on Saturday during the guild’s annual general meeting in Benin City, Edo state, saw Yakubu secure 116 votes to Daniels’ 113, with three votes declared…
