•Fayemi Former Governor of Ekiti State and ex-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has described local government autonomy as a misnomer and aberration in a federal system of government. Fayemi, an academic and a former Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, spoke at the launch of St. Racheal’s People Cons...
•Dangote refinery Some local refinery operators have lamented that the announcement made by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, stating that the federal government would continue to import fuel, shows that the government had taken sides against local refineries. The operators, under the aegis of the Crude Oil ...
The Legislative arm of Egor Local Government Area in Edo State, today, impeached the council’s chairman, Hon. Eghe Ogbemudia, over alleged padding of the council’s supplementary budget and other allegations of corruption. The impeachment was consequent upon a vote of no confidence against the chairman during a session of the legislative arm of...
•Drugs The high cost of drugs in the country would persist, as local production of the products is near total collapse due to inconsistencies in government policies. Though the Nigerian pharmaceutical market boasts over 200 manufacturing and packaging companies made up of three dominant segments of readily available over-the-counter drugs (43....
•Alia Benue State Governor Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has announced the launch of a state-owned security outfit consisting of 10,000 youths before the end of May 2024. The outfit will complement existing security agencies in tackling the state’s security challenges, reports Daily Sun. Governor Alia made the announcement during an All Progressives C...
•Local rice The increasingly high cost of production, transportation and other factors have caused the price of one kilogramme of local rice to jump by 73.2 per cent in one year, according to findings. This happened despite a multi-billion naira funding support of the Central Bank of Nigeria for the nation’s rice value chain aimed […]...
•Senate The Senate has asked the federal government to withhold statutory allocations to any local government councils not democratically elected. The upper chamber unanimously resolved that this move would deter the dictatorial tendencies of any state governor, reports Channels TV. This resolution comes against the backdrop of a motion moved ...
Notwithstanding the investments that have gone into Nigeria’s data centre sub-sector, there are concerns that capacity utilisation of these facilities remains very poor when compared to other countries within the region, including South Africa, Kenya and others. Apart from the challenge posed by firms, government agencies, banks, which still h...
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