THE Federal Government is currently discussing a loan funding of $238 million from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to expand Nigeria’s national electricity grid network, especially the transmission segment of the power value chain. This was part of the outcome of deliberations at the just-concluded Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) […]
By KABIR YUSUF THE Director-General of Protocol to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Rogo, stands accused in a staggering ₦6.5 billion corruption scandal now under investigation by Nigeria’s two foremost anti-graft agencies: the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Investigators allege that Mr. Rogo masterminded […]
By NANA MUSA THE Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has elected a new National Amirah, Dr. Fadimatu Hamza from Plateau. The election was conducted at its 40th anniversary and National Convention in Kaduna on Saturday, after a four-day gathering of member from across the country. Hamza succeeds Mrs. Rafiah Sanni from Oyo […]
GOVERNOR Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has called for caution and restraint following reports of rising tensions between the Itsekiri and Urhobo communities in Warri South Local Government Area. In a statement on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Festus Ahon, the governor appealed to residents and stakeholders in the oil city to avoid […]
THERE is no development if it is done at the expense of the rule of law and the confiscation of people’s properties. The greater part of development is the upholding of the rule of law and justice. Since I can remember, successive Nigerian governments have treated the rule of law as an inconvenience. The rule […]
DESPITE multibillion-dollar investments in rice mills to boost local processing and production, many mills are closing or producing below capacity due to many reasons, as revealed in this piece. The Nigerian rice economy was worth an estimated ₦2.5 trillion in 2018, growing from ₦1.1 trillion in 2016, according to KPMG market analysis. According to the […]
WITH the startling thuggery and electoral malfeasance that marred the recent by-elections in some states, Nigerians fear that the 2027 elections may turn out to be the most awful in the nation’s history, given the proclivity of politicians to win at all costs and subvert the will of the people. Elder statesmen, leaders, lawyers, and […]
By SHARON EBOESOMI THE House of Representatives recently indicted 31 federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for financial infractions totalling over ₦103.8 billion and $950,912.05. The indictment follows damning revelations from the 2019 and 2020 Auditor-General’s reports. The lawmakers requested that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission […]
By CHIAMAKA OKAFOR WITH seven heads of state in attendance, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday, 22 June, held its 67th summit of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government, ushering in a new leadership. After serving two tenures as leader of the ECOWAS Authority, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu […]
By OWEI LAKEMFA UNITED States President, Donald Trump, invited Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the White House on Monday, 18 August. The purpose was to brief the latter on the outcome of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin three days earlier. Trump had already briefed Zelenskyy on phone and thought a meeting to finalise […]