Nigeria’s inflation rate has defied monetary tightening, hitting 19.64 per cent in July, a level not seen in over one-and-a-half decade.

As the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues its trouble-shooting to reconcile its presidential contender, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, a former national chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has called for caution.

The emergence of technology, which has developed the electronic system of learning (e-learning), coupled with policy inconsistencies and foreign exchange (forex) challenges have dampened the earnings of companies, under the printing sub-sector listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, knocked the Federal Government over poor handling of the nation’s security.

Indications that the 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State would be very hard fought emerged recently, when Senator Aishatu Binanai defeated five hefty male political actors to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket.