Category: Development

Dangote Refinery: Otedola optimistic Naira will trade below ₦1,000/$1 before year-end

Femi Otedola Billionaire bbusinessman and ally of Aliko Dangote,President of Dangote  Industry,Femi Otedola has expressed optimism that the naira could trade below...

Tinubu hails BOI over N636bn disbursement to businesses in 2025

says performance validates economic reform agenda   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Bank of Industry (BOI) for achieving N636 billion in loan...

BoI secures CBN approval to operate non-interest banking window Approval

    The Bank of Industry (BoI) has secured regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to operate a Non-Interest Banking (NIB) Window....

FG allocates N6bn for construction of 3 mega schools in Gombe State

      Allocation The Federal Government has approved the allocation of six billion Naira for the construction of three mega schools in Gombe State. The...

Road construction: FG warns contractors, insists on accountability

Road construction: FG warns contractors, insists on accountability  The Federal Government has taken a firm stance on contractor accountability, warning that it would...

Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa

  By Ademola Oshodi West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security...

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road: Leave the talk, Let’s face the business.

  By Dada Olusegun The Lagos-Calabar coastal road project is undoubtedly Nigeria’s most ambitious transport infrastructure project since independence. In...

Nigeria now global reference for steady credible reforms  says World Bank chief

* A World Bank chief, Anna Bjerde, said Nigeria is now frequently cited globally as an example of steady, credible reform leadership. Bjerde, the bank’s Managing...

Africa’s democracy in the balance as gerontocracy tightens its grip

  By Fortune Abang, (News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)   AU Leaders at a Summit The persistence of sit-tight governance, often described as “gerontocracy”,...

LASG commences rehabilitation of Iju, Adiyan water plants

LASG commences rehabilitation of Iju, Adiyan water plants Water The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) has begun the rehabilitation of Iju and Adiyan Water Treatment Plants...