archiveJuly 2021

Nigeria’s electricity grid has again collapsed leaving parts of the country without power supply. The grid, operated from Osogbo, Osun State, by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) was said to have failed at about 12:26 pm on Wednesday. The national electricity grid has failed electricity consumers more than 128...

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld the victory of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in Ondo State. In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, four of the seven-member panel dismissed the appeal by Mr. Eyitayo Jegede and his party,...

The British government has a hand in the alleged abduction of leader of The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in Nairobi, Kenya his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has alleged. Ejiofor made the accusation on Wednesday while speaking on Arise TV Morning Show. He also accused the British Government...

By Grace Yussuf For ages, sex has been used as a tool to influence outcomes, decisions or gain undue favour or advantage over others in high and low places. Both men and women can use sex as a bait, to get what they desire or to achieve personal aggrandizement. They...

Joyce Daniels, a social engineering practitioner, has evolved beyond a brand name to leave an indelible mark in the history of Nigeria as a mindset coach and nation builder through The Joice Daniels Organisation as she unveils the organisation’s new logo whose colors and elements represent freshness, balance, making a...

The Federal Government has listed its latest issuances under its Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bond (FGNSB) on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited. The listing of the two tranches of the FGNSB issued earlier this month paved the way for bondholders to trade on their holdings. The government had offered...

•New tenants to register meter information with DisCos to avoid abandoned bill The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has proposed to fine Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for wrongfully disconnecting the customers from supply, even as it has directed that new tenants in a rented apartment to register meter information with...

  Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)  has been taken NICON Insurance Limited and the Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation (Nigeria Re) owned by businessman Jimoh Ibrahim. AMCON and the businessman have been in a face-off over a N69.4 billion debt which the government’s debt recovery agency is trying to recover from...

  Fresh charges have been brought against Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, at the court sitting held behind closed doors in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Monday. Igboho’s lawyer, David Salami, speaking with BBC Yoruba, said the fresh charges raised in court were that Igboho illegally gained entry, connived...

Nigeria's foreign capital inflow for the first half (H1) of 2021 declined by 61.1 per cent as the country received $2.78 billion as against $7.15 billion received in the corresponding period of 2020. This is contained in the capital importation report, recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...