By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri The Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has announced the donation of N2 billion to assist those affected by the recent devastating flood in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Dangote explained that while the…
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has slammed a N1.69 billion fine on Abuja Electricity Distribution Company for overbilling customers. NERC disclosed this document titled, ‘2024 Supplementary Order to the Multi-Year Tariff Order 2024 for AEDC’, released on its website…
Ibraheem “Labaeka” Abdulhameed, the Special Assistant on Artiste Matters to the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has resigned. The Islamic singer and cleric, shared his resignation letter on his Instagram page on Thursday, September 12. In the letter addressed to…
THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that 1,048,312 people have been affected by flooding in Nigeria between April and September 2024. The Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, disclosed this at the National Emergency Coordination Forum (ECF) in…
IN the months and years ahead, Nigerians and Africans would have a choice of buying refined petroleum products produced on our soil. In North and West Africa, only Libya and Algeria have functioning refineries. Nigeria, in the past 20 years,…
THE IMF has forecast that Uganda’s economy will experience rapid growth, reaching 10.8 percent in the 2025/2026 financial year, thanks to the start of commercial crude oil production. This significant boost follows a projected growth of 6.2 percent for the…
THE vision of a single African currency has long been a cornerstone of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, representing the aspiration for deeper economic integration and enhanced unity across the continent. As Africa continues to experience economic fragmentation, the idea of…
MY relentless commitment to serving humanity in the past 30 years has taught me useful lessons of values that preserve human dignity, which the Commonwealth of Nations was created to champion. The relevance of the Commonwealth continues to re-commit…
DETAILS on the Govspend website of the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has showed that a sum of N171million was recorded as spent by the government for the rehabilitation of the Alau Dam in Borno State. The Nigerian government had…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday told the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that no one had come forward to lay claim to the $2.045million, linked to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria…
