POLICY STATEMENT O30 BY THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND POLICY INITIATIVE (IMPI), ON: Finally, Nigeria’s Poor Get a Makeover: A Critical Analysis of Tinubu’s application of the law of requisite varieties in the reduction of poverty in Nigeria BACKGROUND The only economic reform programme undertaken by a Nigerian Government that theContinue Reading
IMPI revises inflation rate projection to 14% from 17% for Decembe The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) is projecting that headline inflation will drop further to 14 percent before the end of the year in the aftermath of the recent decline to 18.02 percent. The think tank, hadContinue Reading
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the *Inclusive Citizens Advancement Network (Inc-CAN)* and *Concerned Professionals Congress (CPC)* have given a thumps-up to President Bola Tinubu for leading Nigeria excellently well at the just-ended AQABA Process Heads of State high-level counter terrorism meeting in Rome, Italy. The CSOs in a reviewContinue Reading
*Standing With the Bello Family – Justice Must Never Be Cheapened The decision to grant Maryam Sanda a Presidential pardon is indeed heartbreaking and deeply troubling. It sends a dangerous message – that justice in Nigeria can be overturned by sympathy or influence, rather than truth and accountability. MrContinue Reading
Fubara, lawmakers’ position vindicate President Tinubu’s emergency rule declaration-TMS The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described the newfound harmony between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the state’s House of Assembly as a vindication of President Bola Tinubu’s timely proclamation of the now-ended six-month emergency rule inContinue Reading
Think Tank projects 17% inflation rate by year-end, urges CBN to ease benchmark rat The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) is projecting that Nigeria’s headline inflation will further drop to 17 per cent by December 2025 after consecutive declines that took the figure to 20.12 per cent inContinue Reading
Nigeria-UK N16trn current trade value highest ever — High Commissioner British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, says the trade value between Nigeria and Britain, which currently stands at 7.9 billion pounds (16 trillion naira) has hit an unprecedented level. Montgomery made this known in an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
Raids: NDLEA seizes 653kg Colos, Loud in Lagos, Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 653kg of Colorado and Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa in Lagos and Abuja raids respectively. Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDELA said this in a statement on SundayContinue Reading
Nigeria mobilises ₦192bn for primary healthcare to ameliorate costContinue Reading
