SWEDFUND, Sweden’s development finance institution, has invested $30 million in Access Bank Nigeria Plc to aid underserved micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). This funding aims to provide long-term capital and capacity building to unbanked and under-banked businesses, supporting sustainable…
NIGERIA faces a critical economic challenge with high inflation rates impacting the affordability of essential goods and services for its citizens. In response to this, the establishment of a Price Control Board at the national or regional level could provide…
THE Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi is saddened by the death of a Labour Party Legislator in the House of Representatives Hon. Ekene Abubakar Adams. Writing on his X handle on Tuesday, the LP…
Following the Federal High Court, Abuja judgement that faulted the impeachment of the erstwhile deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, the Edo State Government has filed a stay of execution of the judgement. Pending the hearing of the appeal of the judgement,…
THE Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi will be 63 years old on Friday, July 19, 2024. Reacting ahead of the day, the LP standards bearer directs all those well wishes planning to celebrate him…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Wednesday instructed the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development to only issue mining licenses if they are tied to local value addition. Tinubu gave the directive on Wednesday during the opening session of the African Natural…
A European Union court on Wednesday ruled that the European Commission had failed to give the public sufficient access to the purchase agreements for COVID-19 vaccines. EU lawmakers and citizens had asked the commission to publish the agreements under the bloc’s…
Jane Uyi Orobosa There is diabolical and sinister plot by one Kassim ‘Alaroka’ Afegbua to set Edo State on fire ahead of the coming September 21 governorship election in the state through his improbable concoction. Afegbua, once aptly described…
THE Legislative arm of Egor Local Government Area in Edo State has impeached the council chairman, Hon. Eghe Ogbemudia, over alleged padding of the council’s supplementary budget and other allegations of corruption. The impeachment and consequent removal were consequent upon…
IN stagecraft, ventriloquism stands out as one of the most entertaining and yet peculiar types of comedic performances. A lifeless puppet or dummy is placed on the thigh of a ventriloquist who inserts his hand into the body of the…
