By Ediri Ejoh The liquidity situation in Nigeria’s power sector has continued to witness downturn as the indebtedness of the Distribution Companies, DISCOs to Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, NBET, increased to N510.53billion in 2020, indicating an increase of 11.2 per cent compared to N453.14billion, recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. This debt profile […]

Rolad Properties has joined the rest of the world to celebrate women as they mark the Internation Women’s Month. Every March, the world unites to celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society, with the 8th of March marked as International Women’s Day. To commemorate this year’s edition, real estate company […]

By Anayo Okoli The  division in Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership  following January 10th election has  deepened with the faction opposed to the Prof. George Obiozor- led leadership opening a parallel office opposite the Akanu Ibiam International Airport as its operational base. The Engr. Chidi Ibeh-led faction had while inspecting the  main Ohanaeze Secretariat at the Park […]

By Eric Teniola ABRACADABRA is now commonly used as an incantation in the performance of magic. Literally it is used as the more you look, the less you know or see. Abracadabra is the best word to describe what is going on in Port Harcourt Refinery. The refinery is situated at Alesa Eleme, which is […]

…Urges stakeholders to end carnages By Peter Okutu GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi, yesterday, ordered the immediate suspension of all political office holders from Ezza Effium/ Effium communities in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. Those suspended were the political office holders that were absent during the security meeting convened to find lasting solution […]

TWO years later, the long arm of the law caught up with a professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, when a High Court in Akwa Ibom presided over by Justice Augustine Odokwo, found him guilty of electoral fraud and sentenced him to three years in prison with a N100,000 fine. […]

By Luminous Jannamike An unidentified man was reportedly killed and many injured during a fiasco that ensued between members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shi’ites, and personnel of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja. Secretary of IMN’s Academic Forum, Mr Abdullahi Musa, confirmed the incident to our correspondent, yesterday. He alleged […]

By Ola Ajayi Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi, yesterday, cautioned Nigerians against making inflammatory statements that could ignite ethnoreligious crisis in the country. The monarchs gave the warning during the visit of Oba Akanbi to the Alaafin’s palace, in Oyo. Asking those stoking ethno-religious crises to […]

Former Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, said there is a desperate need to mobilize gifted men and women to work in government in Nigeria, adding that the nation is not in short supply of such.

..Says royal fathers‘ll be neutral for peace, stability of Nigeria By Bashir Bello The Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar  III, yesterday said the unity of Nigeria was paramount to the royal fathers. According to him, the nation’s monarchs would  be neutral to ensure peace, […]

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has declared Rochas Foundation as being moribund few months after its controversial bid to take over a university registered in imo State government’s name.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, said yesterday that proceeds from kidnappings in the Northeast were used to fuel Boko Haram insurgency in the zone. Chairmen of NGF and governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, stated this after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. Fielding questions from State […]

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has canvassed unity among all strata of Igbo society as a means of attaining political relevance in 2023.

Nigeria’s total  public debt portfolio as at December 31, 2020, stood at N32.92 trillion, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, revealed yesterday. It made the revelation in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt report for Quarter Four, 2020, obtained from its website in Abuja, adding that the debt profile was for the states and the […]

…Meets with Lawan, Gbajabiamila at Aso Rock …Security heads meet President on Tuesday …As Nigeria mulls to bring home her scientists abroad for COVID-19 Vaccine production By Johnbosco Agbakwuru AS the security  situation continues to degenerate on a daily basis, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to submit supplementary budget to the National Assembly for more […]