By Tanimu Yakubu Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as moral outrage. Much of today’s opposition rhetoric confuses accounting identities with ideological slogans and mistakes macroeconomic intervention for recklessness. A modern economy is not managed through market romanticism. It is managed through theory, evidence, history and context. The loudest critics of the Tinubu administration speak as though government borrowing is inherently immoral, as though deficits emerge from vice rather than economic necessity, and as though Nigeria’s economic difficulties suddenly materialized on 29 May 2023. Such arguments are…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the composition of the Primary Election Committees and Primary Election Appeal Committees for the upcoming National Assembly Primary Elections, reports thegazellenews.com A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Felix Morka, on Friday, 15 May, 2026, confirmed the development. The Party urges all members and stakeholders to uphold transparency and fairness, and remain peaceful during the exercise,” the party said. Below is the full list of the primary election and appeal committees members for the 36 states of the federation and the FCT
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) recently hosted a Business and Investment Forum in Port Harcourt, bringing together key industry stakeholders to explore opportunities to reduce operating costs, enhance productivity, unlock investment returns, and strengthen competitiveness through the adoption of natural gas. The forum coincided with the onboarding of two new industrial customers in Agbara, Ogun State—Intercontinental Distillers Limited II (IDL) and Rumbu Industries Limited—into SNG’s expanding gas distribution network. These additions bring the total number of companies leveraging SNG’s cleaner and more cost-effective energy solutions to over 150, many of whom are already experiencing improved operational efficiency and financial performance. The…
The fixtures for the men’s and women’s competition of this year’s President Federation Cup national competition have been released following the draw ceremony held today at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja. Speaking during the ceremony, NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, stated that this year’s draw process was consistent with previous editions, while noting that the competition structure would be more straightforward as no team received a bye into the next round. Dr. Sanusi assured participating teams, officials, and football stakeholders that the country’s oldest and most prestigious football competition would be maintained on a level-playing ground for all the teams,…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello, has congratulated Professor Olufemi Adebowale Abass on his appointment as the incoming Director-General and Head of Mission of the West African Insurance Institute. The congratulatory message was conveyed on behalf of the management, staff and entire university community following the appointment of Professor Abass, who currently serves as Acting Director of LASU Ventures Limited. The appointment to the regional institute, based in Banjul, The Gambia, was described by the university as a recognition of his years of dedication to academia, research and professional practice within the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigerian teenage tennis sensation, Seun Ogunsakin, has booked his place in the qualifying rounds of the 2026 Roland Garros Junior Championships, sealing a landmark breakthrough for Nigerian tennis on the global stage. The 17-year-old Ekiti State-born player, currently Nigeria’s top-ranked junior and one of Africa’s fastest-rising prospects, was confirmed for the qualifying draw scheduled Thursday, 28 May, 2026, at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris. The development follows his steady ascent in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior rankings, driven by consistent international performances and his title triumph at the ITF J200 Africa Regional Championship in Cairo,…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola NINETY-one aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State have entered a fierce contest for the party’s House of Representatives tickets ahead of the 2027 general elections, as internal primaries intensify across the state’s 24 federal constituencies. The primaries, expected to produce candidates across Lagos State, will be conducted through direct voting in most of the 245 wards, following the screening and clearance of all aspirants by the party’s selection committee. The development comes as consensus arrangements reportedly collapsed in several constituencies, while a few others were successfully resolved ahead of the exercise. Political…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed how he nearly lost his position during the Lagos State House of Assembly crisis involving Speaker Mudashiru Obasa over allegations linking lawmaker Desmond Elliot to the political tension. Gbajabiamila disclosed this while recounting a meeting with President Tinubu during the height of the Obasa impeachment saga. According to him, the President summoned him to his residence in Abuja over reports that Elliot was among those allegedly fuelling the crisis within the Lagos Assembly. “I almost lost my job as Chief of Staff last year because…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Vice-President, Senator Kashim Shettima has pledged support for the speedy passage of the Chartered Governance Institute of Nigeria Bill currently before the National Assembly, as well as the completion of the new National Secretariat of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria in Lagos. Shettima gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by a delegation of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), led by its President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Uto Ukpanah, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has called for stronger synergy among government institutions, researchers, financial bodies, development partners, technology experts, agribusiness investors and farmers to tackle food insecurity and reposition Nigeria’s agricultural sector for sustainable growth and job creation. Akpabio made the call on Wednesday, 13 May, 2026 during the maiden National Legislative Summit and Expo on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State. The summit, themed, “Unfolding the Potential of Agricultural Colleges and Institutions Through Collaboration and Innovation to Enhance Food Security and Job Creation,” attracted lawmakers,…