Presidency Rejects World Bank’s Poverty Report

The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure as “unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Mr Sunday Dare, said in a post…

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Presidency Pledges to Utilize Sports as Tool for National Cohesion

The spectacular opening ceremony of the 22nd National Sports Festival, NSF, tagged Gateway Games, witnessed an exciting display of energy, culture and colours through demonstrations and performances by groups and individuals to the admiration of the heterogeneous spectators. The newly overhauled 10,000-capacity MKO Abiola Sports Arena was agog with the display of the People’s rich cultural…

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Presidency Congratulates Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, Others

The Presidency has congratulated Nigerian singers Davido, Burna Boy, Asake, Olamide, and Ayra Starr for their Grammy nominations. According to the reports the quintet received nominations in the inaugural Best African Music Performance category on the 66th Grammy nominations list released on Friday, November 10, 2023. Burna Boy secured nominations in three additional categories: Best…

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