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Benue moves to revive $50m Taraku Mills, targets 2,000 jobs

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State Government has intensified efforts to revive the long-abandoned Taraku Mills Limited in Gwer East Local Government Area, with plans to create more than 2,000 direct jobs and strengthen agricultural value chains across the state. Managing Director of the Benue Investment and Property Company (BIPC), Dr. Raymond Asemakaha, disclosed […]

Lagos Water Transport gets €170m EU investment boost 

By Godwin Oritse As part of efforts to develop an efficient, resilient, and affordable water transport system, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), are partnering on a €170 million initiative aimed at enhancing urban mobility while delivering significant socio-economic and environmental benefits to residents. […]

The new NRS headquarters: More than a building, a test of national discipline

Nigeria has a construction culture problem, but an even bigger maintenance culture problem. For over two decades, the headquarters of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) remained a dream delayed. Twenty-two years after its conception, the building is finally a reality. While this achievement deserves commendation, the bigger question is not how long it took to […]

Insecurity: Oshiomhole advocates review of NSCDC Act

.As FCT Commandant unveils book on interagency rivalry By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has advocated a review of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC Establishment Act, arguing that the word “civil” in the agency’s name no longer reflects the realities of the threats its operatives confront. […]

Terrorism: Bandit kingpin’s mum, sister bag 40-year jail terms

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday convicted and sentenced the mother and sister of late bandit kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to forty years in prison each. The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were found to have passed information through telephone conversations to Battujo in aid of […]

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