Foreign exchange crisis shall take off of Aba power project
Six months after the federal government resolved the rift between Interstate Electric, owners of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC and Geometric Power Limited over the ownership of Aba Power Project, in favour of the latter, fluctuating foreign exchange may have stalled the expected take off of the project.
Absence of rule of law stifles progress in African governance, says Mo Ibrahim
The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), launched yesterday by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, reveals that improvement in overall governance in Africa over the past ten years has been held back by a widespread deterioration in the category of Safety & Rule of Law.
Terrorism: Beyond Turkey unto Iran
It took the dehumanising deportation of Nigerian students for the Federal Government to wake up to the reality that Turkey is not its friend and that whatever they have by way of relationship is borne out of necessity. The Federal Government has now said it would summon the Turkish ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, to demand explanation for the deportation of Nigerian students.
Nigerian banks not encouraging investment in shipping — Orakwusi
FORMER National President of the Nigerian Trawler Owners Association, NITOA, Margaret Orakwusi, has accused Nigerian banks of not encouraging investment in the shipping industry with their high interest rates.
1,076 inmates awaiting trial at Makurdi prisons
No fewer than 1,076 suspects are currently on the awaiting trial list at the Makurdi Medium Prison, out of the 1,375 inmates currently being housed at the facility.
Fashola, get Julius Berger off Lagos-Ibadan road
ON behalf of all users of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, I am calling on the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to immediately get German Construction company Julius Berger to stop the wickedness in high places that has been going on for months now on that major road.
