TCN targets 15GW grid expansion with $1.57bn funding
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) which manages the national grid says it is expanding grid capacity from…
A look at UNWTO call for action on tourism statistics
While over 1 billion people travelled around the world for tourism last year, only 63 million visited Africa,…
Consumers worry as kerosene prices soar
Kerosene prices at depots across the country have soared in the last two months and consumers are worried more than…
Stakeholders differ on removal of overtime cargoes from…
Divergent views have trailed the removal of uncleared and overtime containers from the seaport terminals to the…
Child rape: Can there be an end to this menace?
The spate of child sexual molestation in Nigeria is worrisome. Although child sexual abuse is an offence under…
Power sector consistently loses 1,529mw in over three…
Power generation has been losing consistently over 3, 278mwh power on daily basis in the past three months, March…
Sickle cell disorder: What options are there for…
Growing up with Sickle Cell Disorder for Chimezie Agumbah, a Lagos based warrior used to be liken to living with a…
Public funds for private profit spells corruption
If the government wants to support cattle ranching as it is supporting crop agriculture, then it should direct the…
Nigeria is Janus-faced on trade, but can’t have it both…
It is unconscionable that Nigeria, where nearly 70% of the people live on below $1.25 a day, does not embrace free…
Whither remittances in the Nigerian economy?
Even on the official figures, remittances last year were the equivalent of 6 per cent of GDP. There is therefore…
Spending on petrol subsidy is unconscionable
Recently the federal government through the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, reported that…
Boska holds pain free day exercise in Mushin, Lagos
Dexa Medica, makers of Boska brand of pain killers, recently conducted another round of its Pain-Free Day to…