Yoruba Self-Determination Group Renews Call for Oduduwa Republic, Proposes Controversial Regional Policies
Yoruba Self-Determination Group Renews Call for Oduduwa Republic, Proposes Controversial Regional Policies IBADAN — The Yoruba Self-Determination Movement (YSDM) has renewed its call for the establishment of an independent Oduduwa…
Dangote Refinery IPO hits $1.6b, attracts investors from 119 countries
Domestic and retail investors have committed up to $1.6 billion to Dangote Refinery’s initial public offering (IPO), meeting its fundraising target as applications from investors in 119 countries raise the…
Rising dissatisfaction with public services may undermine Nigeria’s new tax regime
Poor public services could undermine tax compliance under Nigeria’s new tax regime, with only 22 per cent of households expressing satisfaction with public services, according to a survey by the…
$1b partnership to strengthen African banks’ trade finance capacity
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Munich Re have signed a $1 billion risk-sharing programme to expand trade finance for African banks, aiming to ease liquidity constraints and support intra-African and…
Business groups push for unified solution to port gridlock, rising OpEx
The Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have advocated a coordinated mechanism of several interconnected systems to address port inefficiency, traffic…
Zulum urges Presidential campaign committee to strategise on voters’ mobilisation
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged effective and efficient coordination with strategic engagement among members of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential…
JIBWIS distances self from AK-47 call against non-Muslims in Plateau, Enugu
Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) has dissociated itself from a viral video showing some persons described as aides of the group, saying that if given AK-47 rifles, they would…
Cheshire Home Land: Oyo PDP Slams Makinde over private estate conversion
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has condemned the state government over the reported conversion of the Cheshire Home land in Eleyele, Ibadan, to a private estate, describing…
Why Tinubu, Uba Sani deserve southern Kaduna votes – Sen. Katung
Senator representing the Southern Kaduna Zone in the National Assembly, Sunday Marshall Katung has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani have earned the support of Southern…
FG’s $21.7 billion loan request sparks borrowing, debt servicing concerns
Nigeria’s mounting debt burden has come under heightened scrutiny as President Bola Tinubu seeks legislative approval for fresh external loans of $21.7 billion ($20.52 billion and €1.045 billion), amid rising…