Tinubu’s Türkiye fiasco spotlights his Age, Health and Wife, By Farooq A. Kperogi

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to Türkiye this week dramatized two uncomfortable realities: the visible toll of age or ill health on the president and the conspicuous absence of his wife in the intimate sphere of his personal care and public self-presentation. This was not supposed to be a problematic visit. Tinubu was in […]

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Nigerian singer, Rema cancels all music shows in December to focus on his health

Award winning Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, has cancelled all musical engagements for December 2023. In a post shared on his Instastories on the evening of Wednesday November 29, Rema said he will be using the time to focus on his health which he has ignored for a while. See his post […]

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Nigeria’s NASS passes N21.8tn budget, Defence and Health Ministries get the lion’s share

Nigeria’s National Assembly, on Wednesday, increased the 2023 budget proposal from N20.51tn to N21.82tn and passed it. Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, had on October 7, 2022, presented a budget proposal of N20.51tn to the parliament with  a deficit of N10.782tn. Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House of Representatives said the N1.3tn increase in […]

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