A federal judge in Manhattan has spared 87-year-old Joe Lewis, the British billionaire  whose family owns Tottenham Hotspur football club, from prison in an insider trading case. Instead, Lewis has been ordered…
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), alongside other policymakers and actors in the power sector space, must have thought it was a resistance-free, genius idea to raise electricity tariff for…
CANADIAN authorities revealed they prevented the export of almost 600 stolen vehicles overseas by inspecting 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Over 480 vehicles stolen from Ontario in the…
THE pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organization, Afenifere, has decried the over 200 per cent electricity tariff increase, saying that it will thwart the current administration’s effort at boosting the economy…
THE Nigerian government privatized the electricity sector in November 2013. The sector is divided into generation, transmission, and distribution. Generation companies (GenCos) and distribution companies (DisCos) are now private entities. The…
THE Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has downgraded some Band A feeders to Band E, including the Farm Feeder serving former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Trojan News reports IBEDC, in a list released…
BOTSWANA, Africa’s leading diamond producer, is pushing back against a recent Group of Seven (G7) mandate that requires all diamonds destined for G7 nations to be certified in Belgium. President…
SENEGAL’S political landscape sees a significant shift as Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announces the formation of a new government consisting of 25 ministers and five junior ministers, unveiled on Friday…
AMERICAN firms are encountering significant hurdles in securing business opportunities and contracts in Kenya due to demands for bribes from top government officials, according to a recent report released by…
IN a recent report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), Ghana’s customs practices and port infrastructure were identified as significant barriers to trade, presenting challenges for importers…