China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
Sept 26, 2024 Plans by African governments to raise money on China’s domestic debt markets via so-called panda bonds could be undone by their heavy debt loads and a wider…
Enugu, Ebonyi rank lowest on ease of doing business index in southeast
It was mixed fortunes for the five southeast states of the federation as the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBC) released its annual report on Nigeria’s subnational ease of doing…
UNGA79: ExxonMobil unveils $10bn deep-water investment plan in Nigeria
Vice President Kashim Shettima has welcomed ExxonMobil’s proposed $10 billion investment in Nigeria’s deep-water oil operations, describing it as a clear testament to the administration’s economic reforms and investment-friendly…
How land-grabbing is fuelling Nigeria’s flood crisis – Jibunoh
Globally renowned environmentalist and founder of Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE), Dr. Newton Jibunoh, has raised the alarm over the escalating land-grabbing crisis, linking it to Nigeria’s worsening flood disasters….
Bello: EFCC desperate to execute hatchet job for unknown interests – Media office
Our attention has been drawn to a face-saving but badly scripted statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the ongoing case between the Commission and the immediate past…
NIMC Bill will allow for registration, taxation of foreigners earning income in Nigeria – Presidential aide
Sept. 25, 2024 Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, says foreigners earning income in Nigeria will henceforth pay taxes under a proposed amendment to the…
Court bars PDP leadership, governors from dissolving pro-Wike PDP EXCOs in Rivers
Sept. 25, 2024 A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governors from dissolving the executive committees of the…
Minister orders immediate probe of alleged bribery in NCoS
Sept. 25, 2024 The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed an unconditional and comprehensive investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)….
Anambra: Labour Party backs Ugochukwu Emeh-led Executive on LG election
The Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party has thrown its weight behind Chief Ugochukwu Emeh, and Okoli Akrika-led state executive. The National body has also endorsed…
Africa Centres for Excellence awaits NCC report on telecoms competition landscape
Sept. 25, 2024 The Pervasive and Mobile Computing Research Group (PMCRG), of Obafemi Awolowo University formally requests Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to release findings of 2022 study on the telecommunications…