Day: April 28, 2025

Nigeria’s Economic reforms winning global praise, targets 7% growth — Wale Edun

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has announced that Nigeria is targeting 7% economic growth and large-scale job creation, as the country’s economic reforms continue to gain international recognition.   Speaking at the conclusion of the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., Edun said that despite the challenging global environment, Nigeria is firmly on the path of stability, reform, and sustainable growth.   “We are focused on creating sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, supported by investments in critical…

Monday Lines: A nation of defectors By Lasisi Olagunju

Emporium Reporters

“I am a defector, my dictionary defines the act of defecting as ‘abandoning a person or a cause, apostacy, revolt, backsliding.’ Not to put too fine an edge on it, I am a traitor…” (Joseph Frolik in ‘The Frolik Defection: The Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent’). If in 2003 Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu did what Ifeanyi Okowa and the Delta State governor did in April 2025, he would not be president in 2023. Tinubu is president because long ago, he knew the power of staying strong, holding on and rowing…

Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan unleashes blistering Satirical Apology to Senate President Akpabio

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In a bold and fiery display of political defiance, Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan has penned a scathing satirical letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sarcastically apologizing for what she termed the “grievous crime” of maintaining dignity and self-respect in the nation’s highest legislative chamber.   The letter, laced with sharp wit and cutting irony, mocked the culture of entitlement and favoritism allegedly pervading the Senate leadership. Senator Uduaghan reflected, with deliberate theatrical regret, on her refusal to comply with what she described as the “ancient art of compliance of…