The multi-billion naira Independent Power Plant (IPP) project in Kano State, which was said to have reached 95 percent completion in July 2020 and scheduled to be commissioned in October of the same year, is yet to see the light…
At least 180 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators nabbed by security operatives for alleged link to terrorism financing paid N900 million in penalties before they returned to their businesses, Daily Trust reports. This comes as BDC operators and other traders rounded up…
A good number of Chinese are at the forefront of the ongoing massive deforestation of the remaining forests in Cross River State. It is believed that Chinese and other foreign firms, who are inducing thousands of jobless Cross River youths…
Sergeant Adegoke Ajibola and Corporal Rotimi Oladele ran as fast as their legs could carry them, sought a hiding place, pleaded for their lives as the mob closed in on them. Their pleas fell on deaf ears. They were dragged,…
The heat notwithstanding, the courtroom was filled to capacity and there was no power to work the rickety fans that hung loosely from the ceiling. The presiding judge had to make do with a locally made hand fan, which seemingly…
Bandits and other sundry criminals in North-West are having a field day perpetrating their nefarious activities without a trace by using unregistered motorcycles to traverse most parts of northern Nigeria’s hinterlands where road accessibility remains a challenge. People in many…
The ongoing battle between the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the embattled Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, which culminated in the suspension and probe of the latter over an alleged N162.32billion unremitted funds, is…
Stolen funds recovered from past public officials and stashed in foreign countries, totaling $6.5billion, have failed to address Nigeria’s development gaps despite 19 years of recovery efforts. Nigeria is one of the countries affected by the $89 billion lost annually…
When the federal government conceived the idea of a 215-megawatt power plant in Kaduna as part of efforts to revive industries that folded up due to unstable power supply, little did those expected to benefit from the project envisage that…
In October 2020, the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) piloted the arrival of the first cargoes from Onne Port in Rivers State to the Onitsha River Port in Anambra State by barges. The NIWA had said the ceremony marked the…
