Benin votes for a new parliament Sunday with opposition candidates authorized to stand in the legislative elections after four years of absence.Sunday’s vote will be a key test for the West African nation, where President Patrice Talon’s supporters say…
Day: January 8, 2023
Over 32,000 Registered Voters Collect PVCs In Lagos State
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 32,684 registered voters in Lagos state collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).The commission in its daily update on PVCs collection issued on Saturday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital revealed…
NNPP governorship candidate tasks electorates on candidate that will advance C/ River
The Governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Cross River, Dr Wilfred Bonse, has advised electorate in the state to vote for candidate that would advance its development in the forthcoming elections.Bonse in a statement on Satu…
Red Gold: The Rise and Fall of West Africa’s Palm Oil Empire
For thousands of years, the oil palm, native to West Africa, has maintained an intimate relationship with man. The very rapid expansion of palm groves throughout West and Central Africa after a period of drought dating back approximately 2,500 years ha…
2023 budget of transition and N77trn debt burden
In the past few days the media has been awash with news about the huge debt burden that the incoming government in May 29, would inherit from the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.This is coming as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2023 b…
Can Nigeria exploit Russia-Ukraine war to capture EU gas market?
Following the instability in the European gas market occasioned by Russia-Ukraine war which started in February 2022, the European Union (EU) looks up to Nigeria as an alternative to supplement its gas needs.The EU currently imports 14 per cent Liquefi…
Oil Expert Advocates More Investments In Downstream Sector
A Nigerian oil investor, Peter Mbah says lack of adequate investments in the downstream sector is the major cause of the perennial fuel scarcity and its attendant long queues in filing stations across the country.The Chief Executive Officer of a privat…
2022 Floods affected 24,714 persons in FCT – Agency
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency says flood affected about 24,713 inhabitants in three of the six area councils of the FCT in 2022.Its Director-General, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the floods also damage…
Rise above petty ambitions, Rivers LG boss tells politicians
Mr Erastus Awortu, Chairman, Andoni Local Government area in Rivers has urged politicians to rise above petty ambitions in the interest of peace.Awortu made this known on Saturday at the grand finale of the Andoni Unity Festival in Ngo, headquarter of …
FG condemns kidnapping of train passengers in Edo
The Federal Government has described the kidnapping of train passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben in Edo as despicable and utterly barbaric.The Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, said this …