Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man has announced plans to sell part of his multibillion-dollar refinery to Nigerians through a public listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. According to him, the move will allow citizens to buy shares and become part-owners…
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died in India, Indian police said Wednesday. He was aged 80. “The death is confirmed,” Krishnan M, additional superintendent of police in India’s southern state of Kerala, told AFP. “The Kenyan national was on…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has issued a stern warning to newly appointed commissioners, declaring that anyone who fails to wear the ‘Asiwaju cap’ popularly known as the Tinubu cap will be barred from attending Executive Council meetings. Speaking on…
The Federal Government has revealed that Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and humanities will no longer be required to credit mathematics in their SSCE certificates. Over the years, the exam organized by the West African Examination Council and…
Police retirees, under the auspices of the Association of Retired Police Officers, Imo Chapter, on Tuesday in Owerri, staged a protest to demand total exit from the Contributory Pension Scheme. The protesters who stormed the Police Headquarters in Owerri with…
The Federal Government is set to formalize over $400 million in new renewable energy investment commitments within the next two days. The Tinubu-led government said it is aimed at deepening local manufacturing and innovation in Nigeria’s renewable energy sector. This…
The governor of Enugu state, Peter Mbah has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). The governor made this known at a press conference on Tuesday in Enugu, the state capital. According to Mbah,…
A young social media critic from Ezzagu in Ebonyi state, Cyprial Onyebuchi Ukpabi has been arrested following comments he made about an Honorable of the state. On Monday, Ukpabi had posted on his Facebook handle revealing that he had been…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has refuted the Federal Government’s claims that it had settled all the Union’s demands. It also refused its directive enforcing the “No Work, No Pay” policy against striking lecturers, declaring that the union…
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has justified the ₦7.5 billion per kilometer cost of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, insisting that the ₦1.067 trillion budgeted for the first 47.47-kilometer section is fair and even below global benchmarks. Addressing journalists in a…
