archiveSeptember 2023

  In the heart of New Delhi, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria, passionately made the case that Nigeria, with its status as the largest economy in Africa, its youthful and educated population, abundant natural resources, and strategically advantageous geographical...

Following Nigeria's commitment to adopt the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, Ms. Tinuade Awe, the Chief Executive Officer of NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), emphasized the importance of Nigerian banks swiftly integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into their business strategies. Awe asserted that doing so would provide...

Investment pledges amounting to nearly $14 billion U.S. dollars were committed during the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi convened by H.E. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Heirs Holdings Group Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu C.F.R., urged the Indian private sector to seize the opportunity to invest in Nigeria, during...

  Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, said poverty eradication will reduce Nigeria’s insecurity level by 50 per cent. She disclosed this in Abuja during a courtesy visit to Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar, soliciting the support of the Nigerian Air Force in delivering...

The nation’s electricity regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved an upward increase in the cost of acquiring prepaid electric meter in the country. A single-phase prepaid meter will now cost N81,975.16, up from the previous N58,661.69, while the cost of a three-phase prepaid meter has been raised...

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has scolded petitions challenging President Bola Tinubu’s win in the 2023 election, saying they failed to provide evidence to prove their case. While the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) took Tinubu to court seeking the nullification of his victory, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has called for the unbundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stressing that INEC must be urgently unbundled to deliver credible elections. He made the remark in reaction to the tribunal judgment that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory. The Presidential Election...

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has commended the Swedish Government and Ericsson for their commitment and consistency in a strategic partnership with the Commission on capacity building which has strengthened the its regulatory activities. Speaking at...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation, following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. President Tinubu welcomed the judgment of the Tribunal with “an intense sense of...

Nollywood actor cum Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, has faulted the final verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), saying it is inherently contradictory and illogical. The PEPT on Wednesday affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu and dismissed the petitions of LP presidential candidate in the 2023...