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YEIDEP: Keystone Bank lauds FG, youth minister for empowering young Nigerians - Businessday NG

Mar 28, 2025 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

Keystone Bank Limited has lauded the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for its undying support towards youth development in Nigeria.
Rivers: Ibas sues for peace as opposition questions emergency rule

Mar 19, 2025 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu |Anthony Ailemen

Ibok-Ete Ibas, the newly sworn-in sole administrator of Rivers, says he is ready to bring all the stakeholders together to ensure that peace and stability return to the oil-rich state. Speaking on Wednesday with State House journalists shortly after his swearing in at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Ibas said President Bola Tinubu clearly defined his assignment. “Mr President made it very clear in this broadcast that the main issue is maintaining law and order in the state,” he said.
FG kicks as Sanusi says won't offer economic advice to Tinubu's govt

Jan 16, 2025 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, says he will not help the present administration of President Bola Tinubu or offer advice on how it can overcome the current economic challenges. Sanusi made this statement during the 21st Memorial Lecture of Chief Gani Fawehinmi in Lagos on Wednesday, where he served as chairman of the event. According to Sanusi, “I don’t want to help the government. They are my friends, but if they don’t behave like friends, I won’t act like one.
NELFUND disburses N23bn to 128 tertiary institutions, individuals

Jan 2, 2025 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the official federal government agency in charge of student loans in Nigeria, has disbursed a total of N23 billion to several individuals and 128 tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Speaking to senior journalists in Lagos recently, Akintunde Sawyerr, managing director, NELFUND, disclosed that N18 billion has been channelled to the institutions while about N5 billion has been disbursed for students’ upkeep.
Obasanjo attributes Nigeria’s woes to inadvertent actions of leaders

Dec 30, 2024 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is not where it should be due to the inadvertent actions of the leaders. He said Nigerians are going through tough times but should never lose hope in the new year. Speaking on Arise TV Morning Show on Tuesday, Obasanjo said Nigeria will soon take its proper place in the comity of nation, noting that he is an unrepentant optimist about the nation. “We are going through hardship, but we should never lose hope.
Military records major wins after N1.65trn budget

Dec 26, 2024 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

…Lukarawa expansion remains downsideOn September 12, the Nigerian military killed Kachalla Halilu Sububu, a notorious terrorist in Zamfara State, in a major win that was hailed by anti-terrorism experts. According to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, the diversity of Sububu’s illegal activities – from cattle rustling to kidnapping to gold mining – shows how important the military operation in north-west state was.
Tinubu hosts first presidential chat at 9pm

Dec 23, 2024 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

President Bola Tinubu will host his first presidential media chat at today 9 p.m. on the Nigerian Television Authority and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, according to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesman. The statement urged all television and radio stations to hook up to the broadcast.
We’ve mobilised over $1bn to advance clean energy - Wakil, GEAPP country lead

Dec 23, 2024 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

Muhammad Wakil is the country delivery lead in Nigeria for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. Prior to this position, he had been a senior energy specialist at the World Bank where he specialised in energy infrastructure investments in Africa and the Middle East. In this interview with Odinaka Anudu, BusinessDay’s Deputy Editor (News), Wakil speaks about renewable energy, including ambitious projects such as BESS and Mission 300.
Cost-of-living crisis pushes Nigerians to early graves as Christmas nears

Dec 21, 2024 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

Several Nigerians went to their early graves on Saturday as they fell to wild stampedes that occurred in Abuja and Anambra State. In Maitama Abuja, a crowd of over 1,000 people gathered to collect rice and other food items intended for the vulnerable and elderly, but about 10 of them died in a stampede that occurred on Saturday morning. The police described the incident as “tragic” and said four children, and left eight others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Nigeria's foreign reserves now stand at nearly $42bn - Tinubu

Dec 18, 2024 | businessday.ng | Odinaka Anudu

President Bola Tinubu has revealed that Nigeria’s foreign reserves have hit nearly $42 billion this month from negative numbers seen before he assumed office in May 2023. Tinubu disclosed this during his 2025 budget presentation in the Senate on Wednesday, noting that Nigerians will soon experience positive developments.