Nigerian firms turn to digital transformation as post-COVID economy forces operational reset
By Chinonso Ike As Nigeria grappled with the economic fallout of COVID-19, businesses across key sectors were forced to confront long-standing structural weaknesses in customer service, digital readiness, and operational resilience. With lockdowns disrupting physical interactions and millions of consumers shifting abruptly to online channels, companies that had previously delayed digital adoption found themselves struggling […]
PIB: Enact law that’ll give oil communities justice, Okowa tells NASS
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has called on the National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, to put in place a legislation that would guarantee peace, fairness, equity and justice for host communities in the oil industry. Okowa represented by his deputy, Kingsley Otuaro, made the […]
SERAP wants Buhari to probe missing N11trn electricity fund
By Henry Ojelu THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate all the alleged missing N11 trillion funds allocated for the execution of electricity projects since 1999. Speaking at a press conference, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Oluwadare Kolawole, said that despite President Buhari’s promise to intensify the fight against corruption, […]
#EndSARS: Protesters stole $2m, N17m from my palace — Oba Akiolu
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, yesterday, gave an account of his loss during the #EndSARS protests, which was hijacked by hoodlums on October, last year, disclosing that the hoodlums who invaded his palace, carting away his staff of office, also stole a sum of $2 million and N17 million, belonging to him. The monarch disclosed […]
Police nab killer of Rivers monarch
By Davies Iheamnachor One of the suspects linked to the murder of the Paramount Ruler of Zakpo community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State has been arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID. The suspect, Kosi Tigidan, is reported to have secured his release following the Director of Public Prosecutions, […]
We won’t provide land for ranching — Makinde
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said, yesterday, that private investors who wish to rear cattle in the state would have to procure land for ranching, noting that the state government would not provide land for such a venture. Makinde was commenting on the reactions that trailed his statement on the implementation of the National […]
