Tinubu, Osinbanjo and Buhari President Bola Tinubu has repeatedly defended his economic reforms by arguing that Nigeria stood on the precipice of fiscal collapse when he assumed office in May 2023. According to the President, the removal of fuel subsidies, the floating of the naira, and other painful economic measures were unavoidable decisions designed to …
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What’s a moment in your life that felt like it was straight out of a movie? None
What fears have you overcome and how? None
The short answer is yes – but there’s a long answer. There is, in fact, more than one inside story about why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.The online newspaper Premium Times published multiple likely versions in a single story. The biggest issue, according …
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There is something uniquely British about demanding the resignation of a Prime Minister not for what he has done, but for who he has dared to sit next to at dinner. The current clamour for the head of Keir Starmer falls neatly into that tradition—high on indignation, low on strategic literacy. The complaint, as dressed …
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