Treasury Bills: Bank customers show growing interest despite limited knowledge
By Onyeme Onome Despite growing interest in Treasury Bills among bank customers, limited knowledge of how the investment works remains a major barrier to wider participation, findings from interviews with some bank customers in Lagos have shown. While some customers said they were familiar with Treasury Bills and had invested in them, others said they […]
Delta 2027: Political clashes, gun allegations stir fresh fears
• PTI, Usiefrun, Effurun as warning signs By Egufe Yafugborhi FROM the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI to Usiefrun and Effurun, clashes, alleged gun attacks, rival accusations and questions over police response are raising fears ahead of the 2027 polls in Delta State. As the political temperature rises in the state, disturbing questions hanging over the […]
TCN launches new framework to tackle corruption, unethical practices
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has launched a new anti-corruption framework aimed at tackling corruption, unethical practices and strengthening transparency and accountability across the company. The framework, unveiled on Tuesday at the TCN headquarters in Abuja, comprises four policies covering anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and fraud, conflict of interest […]
Anambra’s Debts: Peter Obi and the danger of a single story
By Chike Anyaonu In her landmark 2009 TED Talk, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned of “the danger of a single story”. She argued that reducing complex realities to one-dimensional narrative robs people of dignity, equity, and peculiarity. Nearly two decades later, this warning resonates with striking relevance in Nigeria’s polity, particularly in the construction […]
33 months unpaid rent threatens war against oil bunkering
By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The war against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta may be facing an unlikely, yet potent, enemy from a massive backlog of unpaid rent for House boats used to combat illegal bunkering activities and related maritime crimes The Nigerian Army and three indigenous houseboat contractors in the Niger […]
37 lives in custody: When the state becomes accountable to the dead, by Ejiro Ofoye
Nigeria is once again confronted with a tragedy that should trouble the conscience of every citizen: 37 people arrested over alleged illegal mining have died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State. The immediate facts are disturbing. The suspects were arrested during enforcement operations around the […]
