Reports from the Nigerian National Assembly indicate that the country’s upper chamber, the Senate was on Tuesday thrown into darkness after a power outage caused by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio who later appealed for patience from his colleagues as the technical department was working on ensuring steady power…
Dangote paid tribute to the deceased, highlighting Wigwe’s dedication and expertise. “To immortalize my beloved friend, my brother, and mentee, I’ve actually decided to name our major refinery and petrochemical road-out of the 120km road, the biggest road will now be named Herbert Wigwe,” Dangote said Wigwe was the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of…
The Dangote Fertilizer plant located in the Lekki free trade zone, has commenced commercial production as the company pushed out a minimum of 120 trucks of Urea fertilize per day across the country, according to a senior official of the company. Group Executive Director, (Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development) Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin,…
Corporate Nigeria and some political titans turned up yesterday to celebrate the life and times of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Corporation Plc, Herbert Wigwe who all of them described as a titan. In an emotion laden ‘Night of Tributes’ with touching memories, dignitaries from the public and private sectors, led by Africa’s…
A former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has stated that the federal government still pays subsidy on petroleum products. ”But the subsidy that was removed was the one that was going into private pockets and I decoupled that subsidy that ordinarily shouldn’t have been paid,’Yuguda said In his inaugural speech last year, President Bola…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Nigeria after a two-day trip to Qatar at the behest of the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Tinubu returned to the country on Monday evening. He arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 6:37 pm where he was welcomed by government…
Arsenal entered the record books as a 6-0 demolition of Sheffield United on Monday kept the Gunners on Liverpool and Manchester City’s tails in the Premier League title race. Martin Odegaard, Jayden Bogle’s own goal, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Declan Rice put the visitors 5-0 at half-time before Ben White rounded off the scoring….
The devaluation of the naira last year took a big bite out of the revenues of two of the country’s biggest telecommunications companies. Airtel and MTN Nigeria lost N1.29 trillion to the devaluation. MTN posted a loss after tax of N137 billion for the 2023 financial year, although its service revenue grew by 22.4 percent…
It was a derby delight for Manchester City who came from a goal down to cruise to a comfortable win over rivals Manchester United, thanks to the star of the show Phil Foden who netted twice before Erling Haaland put the icing on the cake. It was a derby delight for Manchester City who came…
British finance minister Jeremy Hunt sought to dampen speculation about big pre-election tax cuts in this week’s budget, saying there had been a worsening in the economic outlook, but he hinted at some help for voters. The forecasts that underpin the budget “have gone against us,” Hunt told the Sunday Telegraph in comments that appeared…
