By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — In a move to curb building collapse and protect lives and property, the Abia State Government has made soil and geo-technical tests compulsory for all new building approvals in Umuahia, the state capital. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, announced the policy while briefing journalists on the outcome of the […]

By Gift Chapi Odekina, Cynthia Alo & Kafayat Kokumo ABUJA — The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to investigate the human and economic losses suffered by Nigerians in recurring xenophobic attacks in South Africa, just as the President of the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, NICASA, Mr Frank Onyekwelu, disclosed that South Africans are […]

By Dapo Akinrefon ABUJA—A Federal High Court judgment affirming the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s, FCCPC, authority to regulate Nigeria’s airtime lending market, while holding that telecommunications licensing remains the responsibility of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has sparked fresh debate among industry stakeholders. Lawyer Ilemona Onoja said the ruling raises questions about the […]

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government Administration, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development have commended the Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, David Odunmbaku, for what it described as a remarkable transformation of the council through infrastructure development projects and improved service delivery.

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Energy Limited, the integrated energy development and services subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, Chris Ezeafulukwe, has said that Nigeria’s immediate priority should be energy sufficiency rather than energy transition,….