•Tinubu Two years after President Bola Tinubu’s May 2023 decision to end subsidies on premium motor spirit (petrol), the federal government may have saved at least N7 trillion, but the unintended consequences triggered by sharp inflation and impact on vulnerable households and small businesses continue to linger. Small businesses, already stru...
Despite the recent boast about the nation’s power sector recording a surge in its revenue generation, by an additional N700 billion, in 2024, checks by our correspondent among consumers in the sector revealed that all is still far from being well in this critical industry. For instance, while the 70 per cent increase in revenue, […]
Customers of telecoms firm, 9mobile, have lamented the continuous decline in the firm’s service offerings in Nigeria. Apart from persistent loss of network, subscribers, who explored the social media space to vent their angers, also complained of their inability to port out of the network, reports The Guardian. More worrisome, according to the...
•Asemota speaking during the courtesy visit Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Contributory Pension Scheme Retirees Welfare Association, Andrew Asemota today alleged that members of the association were being given inhuman treatment after putting in 35 years of their lives into the public service. Asemota made the allegation when he led ...
Banks have commenced implementation of the new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fee charge on customers following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) directive. Our correspondent who monitored some banks’ ATM gallery in Abuja and environs yesterday, reports that some customers were lamenting about the increase, reports NAN. All the b...
It has not been a thing of joy to the residents and business owners of Ojodu, Akiode and Berger areas in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos and environs, as they have been thrown into total blackout for six days running. The power outage which started on Wednesday has remained as at the time of […]
Most Nigerians, especially real estate developers and home builders, are groaning under challenge of inadequate artisans/craftsmen. Investigation by our correspondent showed that apart from the scarcity of these artisans/ tradesmen, those that are available, except few, are not interested in their jobs, hence the attendant shoddy jobs in the h...
Nigerians are once again reeling in darkness following the collapse of the national power grid for the third in one week. The grid collapse occurred early this morning, with many states reporting total blackouts, reports Channels TV. Data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), revealed that the grid recorded an unpr...
Nigeria is facing a worsening food security crisis, with over one million additional people experiencing severe food insecurity in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to a report by the World Bank. The recently released Food Security Update Report highlights that countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia and Yemen have seen a significant rise...
•Nigerians waiting in Abuja to buy government subsidised bags of rice Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory have been experiencing difficulty accessing the Federal Government’s 50Kg bag of rice at N40,000. Our correspondent, who visited the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) headquarters, a payment centre, revealed th...

