Mambilla: How Abba Kyari unilaterally approved $5.8bn power project; Buhari angry
Details have emerged on how Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, took advantage of the President’s ill-health to approve N2 trillion ($5.8 billion) Mambilla Power project…
Atiku’s criticism of 2019 budget: All noise, no substance
By Femi Adesina The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, last weekend, issued a statement in which he described President Buhari’s 2019 budget proposal as…
Nigeria’s Depleting Fish Stocks May Pose a Threat to Regional Security
By: Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood Sometime in the next year or two, Nigeria will become the seventh country to reach a population of 200 million or more. It is…
The money game: How Top Soccer Clubs Clashed With Rules on Financial Fair Play
The global reach of soccer has turned the sport into a financial behemoth, with funds flooding in from TV rights as well as gate receipts and other sources….
Energy, Transport and ICT Sectors Dominate PPI Investments in Developing Nations in 2017- World Bank
The energy sector dominated the 2017 Private Participation in Infrastructure, PPI, investments attracting 56 percent of the total investment and accounted for 203 out of 304 projects. A…
African Fishing Communities Face ‘Extinction’ as Blue Economy Grows… $42 Billion Lost yearly to Illegal Fishing- Experts
By: Kevin Mwanza Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing and exploration revenue…
After Whitenicious, Blac Chyna returns to court next month over baby support
Ex-stripper and mother of two, Blac Chyna, who is currently in Lagos, Nigeria to promote skin care product, Whitenicious (which reports say she does not even use), will keep a…
Additional 3.4 bpd of Refined Fuels will be needed to meet Africa’s Needs by 2030…As Outlook for Africa’s oil & gas industry improves- PwC
Given projected population growth and refined fuels consumption, an estimated additional 3.4 bpd of refined fuels will be needed to meet Africa’s needs by 2030;…
A story from Sokoto: Driven by traditional leaders, a “magic” ointment is preventing deaths in newborns
By Bashar Abubakar Gagi community on the outskirts of Sokoto in Northern Nigeria is a settlement where everyone knows each other. Modern and traditional style buildings sit side…
Cerebrospinal Meningitis: How ignorance, traditional medicine cause preventable deaths
By Jessica Onyegbula “Will I ever see my children again? It has been over one year yet it seems as if it was yesterday,’’ Malam Mustapha Madaro, a farmer in…