He also said that Tinubu inherited a bad economy, but he has promised to fix it.

The SAN instructed the NBA to pay rapt attention to turnaround of refineries and its budgetary allocation.

“In the very unlikely event of a prolonged large scale supply disruption, prices could head back towards crisis levels witnessed last year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”

Nuhu Ribadu said the FG will continue to partner with Tantina to curb vandalism.

The Chairman of the CCB was also included in the suit.

“Everything was done to ensure that the future of Nigeria was not mortgaged,” a source said.

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He promised world class renumeration for judicial officers and said poverty eradication and investment for wealth creation rest on justice reform.

According to the NBS, real GDP was estimated at N17.72 trillion in Q2, lower than N17.75 trillion in Q1 but higher than N17.28 trillion in Q2 2022.

“It is a change of methodology as distinct from a clear government intervention that led to a reduction in jobs.”

The NBS CEO stated said persons above the age of 64 will now be considered in the labour force.

Tinubu affirmed the importance of gas not just as a transition fuel but also as the fuel for the future and sai gas sector would get priority attention in his administration.

Subair noted that the use of technology helped the agency in optimising its operations while also enhancing revenue generation for the state.

Analysts faulting the methodology, argued that it could mislead the governments, policymakers and other users of the NBS figures.

They said leveraging digital connectivity, providing high-quality tech education and fostering a supportive community will open up job market opportunities.

They argued that they are not supported by the increasing unemployment in Nigeria since the last report in 2020 which reported 33.3% rate.

Also, the highest spot rate of the day was pegged at N799.9/$1 while its lowest exchange was N738/$1.

“We also read the JP Morgan numbers in-house and we didn’t panic over that. That’s not the first time we are seeing people, institutions reeling out numbers; they must have their intentions to do that.”

He urged Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo to rid the sector of “speculators”.

He asked for policies to be put in place to stop the dollar from being used as a legal tender.