Tag: Economic hardship

Nigerians to pay more for goods, as FG increases ports tariff by 15%

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FG increases ports tariff

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has announced a 15% upward review of its port charges, citing the need for competitiveness and infrastructural development. Its Managing Director, Dr. Abubakar Ɗantsoho, made this disclosure during a maritime stakeholders’ meeting held in Lagos on Thursday. According to him, this adjustment, the first in 32 years, aims to address significant infrastructure deficits and improve port competitiveness. He said the increased revenue will be used for modernising port facilities, acquiring new equipment, and enhancing ICT systems. The NPA boss highlighted that…

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Catholic Bishops lament Nigeria’s worsening poverty

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Catholic Bishops lament

The Catholic Bishops of the Lagos, Ecclesiastical province, have called on the federal government to transition from short-term palliative measures to sustainable empowerment strategies aimed at improving the quality of life for Nigerians. In a communiqué issued at the end of their first plenary meeting for 2025, the Bishops expressed deep concern over the state of the nation. Highlighting the need to address the underlying structures that perpetuate poverty and inequality in the country, the Bishops emphasised the importance of implementing long-term solutions to enable financial independence and restore dignity…

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“Address high cost of governance at the expense of masses” – Christian leaders beg FG

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Christian leaders beg FG

The Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria (TEKAN), has decried the high cost of governance in Nigeria despite the hardship the citizens are currently facing. TEKAN is made up of 15 denominational churches established about 69 years ago with traceable evangelical ancestry, theological affinity and Christian belief. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 69th general assembly held at the headquarters of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria (ERCC) in Akwanga, Nasarawa State yesterday, the body said it was wrong for elected officials to live…

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Ndume mocks poverty in South, circulates video of queues at Tinubu’s Lagos residence

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Ndume mocks

The lawmaker representing Borno-South in the 10th Senate, Ali Ndume, has shared a video of long queues of Nigerians waiting for palliatives at President Bola Tinubu’s Lagos residence on Christmas Eve. The lawmaker posted the video on his X account on Wednesday, December 25, wrote: “Queues for presidential handouts at Bourdillon on Christmas Eve highlight a sobering reality. Poverty is a universal challenge that demands collective action and sustainable solutions”. The senator’s comment comes on the heels of three deadly stampedes during palliative distributions in Oyo, Anambra, and the Federal…

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“Nigerians are hungry;Tinubu’s policies making things worse” – Bode George

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Bode George

Elder statesman, Bode George says President Bola Tinubu’s Monday media chat lacks empathy and humanity, stressing that the President, through his statements, is unfeeling to the plight of suffering Nigerians. Drawing inferences from three food queue stampedes which claimed 67 lives in Nigeria last week, George, during a television programme on Tuesday, said: “there is hunger and anger in the land” yet the President continues to insist that his reforms are working while many Nigerians are becoming poorer by the day and businesses collapsing. We are not feeling it, it…

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‘Nigeria’s progress stalled by choice of darkness over light’ – Kukah

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Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has attributed Nigeria’s lack of measurable progress since independence to the nation’s tendency to choose darkness over light. Delivering his Christmas message at the Holy Family Cathedral Catholic Church, Sokoto Diocese on Tuesday night, Kukah emphasised that embracing transparency, accountability, and integrity in public service, politics, and individual conduct could significantly improve the country’s current state. “Nigeria’s lack of visible and measurable progress is tied to the fact that we have chosen darkness rather than light. Imagine if we let the light shine…

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“Declare ‘state-of-emergency’ on food”- OPC tasks Tinubu

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OPC tasks Tinubu

…Laments deaths at free-food points The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a ‘state-of-emergency’ on food nationwide. OPC, in an issued statement signed by Comrade Bunmi Fasehun, OPC General Secretary, lamented the reported deaths last week of 35 people in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, 20 in Okija area of Anambra State, and 10 in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). It said, As a matter of national emergency, Tinubu must intervene to bring down food prices to reduce hunger in Nigeria and…

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People may not like us, but things are changing Tinubu

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Asiwaju

President Bola Tinubu has said things are taking shape for the better, even though people may not like his administration. He said amid the tough challenges in the country, his administration had made some progress, noting that there are better days ahead. The President, who was represented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Riba?u, made the remarks at the graduation ceremony for the Executive Intelligence Management Course-17 at the National Institute for Security Studies on Saturday, in Abuja. Things are happening in our country today. People may not like us;…

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Hardships: Reverse bad economic policies – Catholic Knights urge Tinubu

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Catholic Knights urge Tinubu

The Knights of St. Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria, a foremost Catholic Order, has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently reverse economic policies responsible for the intense hardship Nigerians are passing through.Food and travel guides The KSM Nigeria stated this in Calabar on Friday, at a press briefing to mark the commencement of its 45th Supreme Council Convention, with the theme: Deepening Christian Spirituality and Family Values Roles and Challenges, billed to be held from Friday to Sunday. According to its leader, Worthy Supreme Knight Charles Mbelede, The Order is…

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Hardship: Nigerians cry out, as cost of food items soars

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Hardship Nigerians cry out

Nigerians have cried out over escalating cost of common perishable and preservable food items across various markets in Niger State. This is coming barely few months after the State government inaugurated a Price Control committee to check excesses of foodstuff merchants and middle-men, whose activities is adding to the rise in cost of not not only food items but goods and services from the farms to the end users. Published findings indicate that the least in quality of standard mudu of local rice and beans (containing ten milk cups) is…

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