BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).

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Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...

US TARIFF HIKE THREATENS NIGERIA’S 2025 BUDGET, AFCFTA GOALS – MAN. (PHOTO ).


 US Tariff Hike Threatens Nigeria’s 2025 Budget, AfCFTA Goals – MAN

...May Slash N2tn in Annual Agric Exports

The Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) has raised concerns over the U.S. tariff hike on Nigerian exports, warning it could derail the 2025 budget and undermine Nigeria’s gains under the AfCFTA.


MAN DG, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, said the 14% levy on Nigerian goods could slash up to N2 trillion in agricultural export earnings annually, particularly affecting products like cocoa derivatives, sesame, and ginger.


He warned that the tariffs jeopardize years of progress in value-added manufacturing, reduce competitiveness in U.S. markets, and may force exporters back to raw material trade — a blow to Nigeria’s industrialisation drive.

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