From devaluation to domination: How Tinubu’s exchange rate reforms turned the naira into Nigeria’s export engine

From devaluation to domination: How Tinubu’s exchange rate reforms turned the naira into Nigeria’s export engine

By Tanimu Yakubu When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration dismantled Nigeria’s rigid foreign exchange regime in 2024, critics were quick to call it a currency collapse. The naira plunged to The post From devaluation to domination: How Tinubu’s exchange rate reforms turned the naira into Nigeria’s export engine appeared first on The Nation Newspaper .

Katsina terror attack

Katsina terror attack

Fifty bodies were reported retrieved and search continuing for more, though officials confirmed below 40 fatalities, in the  attack by bandits on a mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi council The post Katsina terror attack appeared first on The Nation Newspaper .

Katsina Emir loses daughter

Katsina Emir loses daughter

The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir Usman, has lost his daughter, Khadijah Abdulmumin Kabir Usman. Aged 35, the late Khadija, popularly called Andijo, who died in Abuja, is survived by three children. The funeral prayer, led by Imam Mustapha Gambo, took place at the Emir’s residence in Katsina and was attended by hundreds of […]

Steel drain

Steel drain

•Tinubu administration must make Ajaokuta work so we can reap its enormous benefits The great industrial revolution of the 19th century was substantially predicated on steel development. Nigeria, born in The post Steel drain appeared first on The Nation Newspaper .

Osun Oba’s imprisonment in the US

Osun Oba’s imprisonment in the US

Tribune Online Osun Oba’s imprisonment in the US THE Nigerian government’s seemingly serious effort in rebranding the country, which involves globe-trotting in order to burnish its image and boost Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), may have received a dent in faraway United States .CHe has already forfeited his Medina home on Foote Road, which he acquired with the proceeds of the crime, and an […] Osun Oba’s imprisonment in the US Tribune Online

Tributes as ex-IGP Solomon Arase dies at 69

Tributes as ex-IGP Solomon Arase dies at 69

A former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, is dead. He was 69. A statement by the deceased’s son, Solomon Arase Jnr., said the former IGP died on Sunday in Abuja after a brief illness. “The Arase family of Benin-City, Edo State, hereby announces the passage of Solomon Ehigiator Arase, former Inspector-General of Police. “He passed on […]

FG explains delay in releasing 2024 budget report

FG explains delay in releasing 2024 budget report

The federal government has disclosed that the full-year 2024 Budget Performance Report will be published by the end of September, 2025. This would be done alongside consolidated reports for the first and second quarters of 2025. The Budget Office of the Federation (BoF), in a statement issued over the weekend in Abuja by the Director […]

Stakeholders move to stem job losses in welding sector

Stakeholders move to stem job losses in welding sector

Stakeholders of the Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW) have reaffirmed commitment to reposition, as well as stem job loss in the country’s welding industry to foster economic development. They spoke at a long-overdue 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Conference Centre, Effurun in Delta State over the weekend which […]