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Here is the main problem with Nigeria’s electricity sector: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, but it has failed consistently to generate, transmit and distribute enough electricity to power its development process and accelerate economic growth. Between 1999 and 2007, President Olusegun Obasanjo focused on the reform of the electricity sector as one of the […]

The United States government has justified its opposition to plans by the Buhari administration to hand over $106 million of looted funds by the late former military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha to the current governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, saying such an action will be an unconscionable validation and reward for graft and impunity. […]

The Director General of Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has sounded the alarm over what he said was the perceived intolerance of the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole; which he warned, may scuttle the efforts of the Chief Bisi Akande-led National Reconciliation Committee, which the party set […]

Amid widespread public apprehension that President Muhammadu Buhari has abdicated his official responsibilities and outsourced power to his chief of staff, Abba Kyari who has illegally running the country as de facto president, stakeholders are seeking the intervention of the National Assembly to summon Kyari and National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-General Babagana Monguno (rtd) – […]

The Supreme Court has scheduled hearing for Wednesday, February 26, in the application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking among others, a review of its February 13, 2020 judgment disqualifying the party’s candidate in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State, David Lyon.    It was gathered that the Registrar of the apex court […]

The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) has urged the six Southwest states to recruit only their kith and kin in each local government into “Amotekun” to defend and protect their respective areas. “Amotekun is an exclusive Yoruba instrument of collective self-defence,” the Convener of YWC Prof. Banji Akintoye, said in the statement, arguing that such a […]

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has broken his silence to deny ever presenting a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to aid his qualification to contest the Senate and governorship elections, explaining that he would not have even contemplated such action because his academic documents […]

In a clear show of its resilience and market leadership, Zenith Bank has announced an impressive result for the year ended December 31, 2019, with profit after tax (PAT) of N208.8 billion, achieving the feat as the first Nigerian Bank to cross the N200 billion mark. According to the bank’s audited financial results for the […]

The United States government has warned the Muhammadu Buhari administration that plans by the federal government to hand over $100 million the American authorities say was stolen by the late Gen. Sani Abacha, to Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, will adversely affect relations between Washington and Abuja; including hampering future cooperation between the two […]