Electricity: LCCI, others lament losses as national grid collapses again

By Udeme Akpan &  Obas Esiedesa, Abuja   Nigeria’s national power grid suffered another disruption yesterday, the second in four days, triggering widespread outages that disrupted businesses and renewed concerns over the economic cost of power instability, even as the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) described the incident as a partial system disturbance. The disruption occurred at about […]
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Beyond licences: Can new ISPs fix Nigeria’s broadband divide?

… Licences are not the real issue… Emoekpere By Juliet Umeh When Vanguard published “Silent Signals: How Poor Broadband Leaves Many Nigerians Digitally Disconnected,” it highlighted the human cost of Nigeria’s weak internet connectivity- from anxious parents unable to reach their children, to professionals missing virtual meetings, traders losing income, and families cut off from […]

How disgruntled colonel built secret military network in failed coup plot against Tinubu

Fresh intelligence details have surfaced on the foiled coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, shedding light on how a serving Army Colonel allegedly assembled a covert, cross-service network to undermine the constitutional order before security agencies moved in. Vanguard recalls that the Defence Headquarters announced the arrest of 16 officers for acts of indiscipline […]

Unemployed Nigerians take sachet alcohol ban protest to NAFDAC

What began as a regulatory debate over public health spilled into the street as unemployed Nigerians converged on the headquarters of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), warning that a proposed enforcement against sachet alcoholic beverages could deepen job losses and economic distress.

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