A chieftain and founding father of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, has admitted that the microeconomic indicators of President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are poor and have failed Nigerians.

Okechukwu made this statement during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Tuesday.

He, however, said the economic reforms had performed well at the macroeconomic level.

According to him, the high cost of living, declining purchasing power and significant unemployment persist despite Nigeria’s large youth population.

He added that the devaluation of the naira had hindered the importation of machinery by small and medium-sized enterprises, while rising energy costs had further stifled industrial growth.

“The economic reforms have done well at the macroeconomic level, but microeconomic indicators are very poor.

“When we talk about the purchasing power of the citizenry, the high cost of living and joblessness, the president’s economic reform programme has not helped.

“It didn’t help because the assumption in the neoliberal doctrine is that it will propel the private sector. However, there are indicators inhibiting that growth. Small-scale and medium-scale industries are performing poorly.

“When you float the naira, it becomes difficult for them to import machinery, and rising energy costs make it even more difficult. These are tangential to the reform programme,” Okechukwu said.

Afrobeats star Davido has submitted multiple entries for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards.

Recall that the development comes as the Recording Academy has scheduled the first-round voting for the 2027 Grammys to hold from October 12 to 22, 2026.

Grammy Guru made the revelation in a post on X that went viral on Tuesday.

Davido submitted Oriade, his latest release, in four categories: Best Album Cover, Best Global Music Album, Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) and Album of the Year.

He also submitted his hit song B4 B4, featuring Fola and Mayorkun, in the categories of Best African Music Performance, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

The singer submitted Nakupenda, his 2025 collaboration with TxC, for consideration in the Best African Music Performance and Song of the Year categories. He also submitted Le Show, featuring French Montana and Ayra Starr, for Best African Music Performance.

His song I Know Who I Be was submitted in the Best Music Video category.

The 69th edition of the Grammy Awards is scheduled to take place on February 7, 2027.

Davido’s multiple submissions for the 2027 Grammys reflect his continued efforts to secure recognition from the Recording Academy after several previous attempts.

Nigerian singer Brymo has vented at Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka and others over cultism in Nigeria.

In social media posts, he accused the Nobel winner, former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Gani Adams of having a role in the history and spread of secret cults in Nigerian Universities.

In a direct attack on Soyinka, he challenged him to address the origins of secret societies in Nigerian Universities and questioned his legacy. He argued that Soyinka should speak about the activities of these groups and their consequences on Nigerian students.

He noted that he is the one who fell, and that his statement might make him a target, but he would rather get wealthier.

Calling Wole a violent man, he said he wouldn’t forgive the trio for the killing of boys. He mentioned how Fela Kuti tried to protect young people, while Soyinka and his cousin were killing everyone else.

“I am the one who fell, and Professor Wole Soyinka is a very violent man. Plus, nothing I said or typed here may harm me or mine. I’ll get wealthier instead for this!!

Pete Edochie, OBJ, and the importance of Professor Wole Soyinka’s public address to Nigerian students about the secret cults he co-founded.
I am attacking the source, and I will not stop until Christ returns (black people have hurt themselves too much for me to think I can fit it all in this one material appearance).
So, I’ll be here after I’m seemingly gone in the nightmares of the ones seeking to bring hurt to us all.
I may have to rewrite my lyrics on Olumo; of course, I will not forgive how Wole, Olusegun, and Gani Adams killed—our boys.
How Fela saved his own boys, while the professor, his cousin, was killing everyone else. And till I type these words, I am Karma’s child, and she tells me everything and nothing that I have shared here may cause me or mine harm”.