Dataleum wins Art of Technology StartUp of the Year Award

By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Nigeria’s oil production increased month-on-month, MoM, to 1.186 million barrels per day, bpd, in November 2022, up about 17 percent from 1.014 mb/d in October 2022, according to the December 2022 Monthly Oil Market Report, MOMR, of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. This is the second consecutive MoM […]

By Hakeem Baba-Ahmed As I contemplated writing on the impact of organized violence the South East which routinely takes lives, damages the economy and now threatens the 2023 elections, I read up on an earlier column published in February 2021. It made for depressing reading, and gets worse if we see the parallels between the […]

2023: Pastor Umo Eno promises to develop Ibeno Beach, boost tourism

By Musa Ubandawaki Sokoto The National Youths Council of Nigeria and other voluntary youth groups urged the National Assembly to speed up the passage of the Almajiri Commission bill initiated and co-sponsored by honourable Balarabe Shehu Kakale Shuni member representing Dange/Shuni, Bodinga, and Tureta Federal Constituency. The Chairman of the NYCN Sokoto state chapter Mr. […]

By Cynthia Alo Creating a successful payment ecosystem that protects consumers and enables businesses to thrive requires that all stakeholders including regulators work together towards strengthening consumers’ trust. Flutterwave’s Head of Risk, Africa, Emmanuel Efenure, who stated this said this while participating as a panelist at the annual conference of the Committee of e-Business Industry Heads […]

In a bid to accelerate the development of infrastructure in Lagos State, the government through its Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP)  in conjunction with Messrs FBT Coral Estate Ltd has restated its commitment to the development of the Makoko/Ilaje Waterfront into a mixed-use modern and urban estate. Speaking yesterday during a town hall meeting in […]

Southern Kaduna Christians fix January 14 to endorse guber candidate

By Rotimi Fasan FOR the first time since Africa’s participation in the football World Cup, an African team from Morocco has reached the semi-final stage of the event. As is to be expected, this development has caused quite a stir, exciting football followers who have adopted Morocco, the only African country still in the competition, […]

I’m not a messiah. I do not promise Eldorado or $1 = N1, but I always ask that we should look at the economic progress we made under my leadership and what I am doing in private business and judge me by those. As VP, I assembled what is arguably the best economic team ever in Nigeria.

By Okoh Aihe WHAT seemed a miscarriage of reality last year was righted last week when mobile service provider, Airtel, became the sole contender in a 5G auction scheduled for this month. As the sole bidder, Airtel will now shell out the sum of $273.6 million as payment for a lot of 100 MHz in […]

By Mideno Bayagbon RECENTLY, I had a flying visit to Delta State and toured the state incognito. I even attended a few of the campaign rallies, where I tried to make myself as inconspicuous as possible. I slept in villages without light or telecommunications in Asaba, Agbor, Abraka, Eku, Warri, Effurun, Sapele, Idjere, and other […]

Deputy Senate President, and Delta All Progressives Congress, APC, governorships candidate has pledged to restore the glory of Ijaw land when elected governor.

By Aare Afe Babalola “Education is the most potent weapon to fight ignorance and poverty, as well as a veritable tool for self-development and the advancement of society.” EDUCATION serves as a means through which the knowledge, understanding, and skills of a society or group of people are passed from generation to generation. History tells […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Nigerian government is committed to eliminating the use of petrol and diesel generators in the country by 2060.