THE telecommunication giant, MTN has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Lagos challenging the $3.9billion sanction imposed on it by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). Sued alongside the NCC is the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), and…
Dangote Cement Plc is beating its chest for leading an initiative that crashed the price of cement by about 40 percent. The move by the market leader cut cement price from about N2,000 to N1,300. The cement company explained the…
MTN Nigeria has finally concluded it would not pay the N1.04 trn fine, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC imposed on it, for its failure to disengage about 5.1 million improperly registered subscribers on its network in August and September 2015…
SOLARA GATHERING of solar energy experts, recently, reviewed the energy situation in Nigeria and the consensus was that policy makers and the citizenry must immediately adopt solar as the primary source of power in the country. The experts bemoaned that…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja said his administration will soon introduce more policies to further ease the process of doing business in Nigeria. Speaking after a presentation at the Presidential Villa on enhancing Nigeria’s trade and economic competitiveness, he …
President Mohammadu Buhari, yesterday, stated that the problem of youth unemployment bedevilling the country would become history after the passage of 2016 national budget President Buhari spoke at a dinner he organised in honour of the visiting Alumni Association of…
Segun Adewunmi, is the National President, Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA). In a chat with DANIEL ANAZIA, he spoke on the imperativeness of agriculture in general and cassava farming in particular in the nation’s drive for economic diversification. What…
THE much talked about new electricity tariff will be ready and signed off in the new week, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola had in the week announced that NERC…
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday mandated commercial banks to lower their risk rating for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) or lose Cash Reserves Ratio (CRR) refunds. He issued the warning in his keynote address at the…
THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, said the improved budgetary provisions, would empower the government’s effort to build more critical infrastructure that would convey gas to the power plant to add 2,000mw to the national grid…
