Nasarawa State is set to welcome President Bola Tinubu to commission a brand-new 6,000-metric-ton lithium processing plant, highlighting Nigeria’s bid to capture more value in the global energy transition. Governor Abdullahi Sule confirmed the President’s forthcoming visit after meeting him on Wednesday at the State House, Abuja. Built by Chinese investors, the plant is the…
Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), a Ponzi scheme that absconded with investors’ funds earlier this year, has reinstated depositors’ balances on Tuesday as investigations by Nigerian authorities intensify. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had previously launched an investigation into the disappearance of deposits, assuring the public of its commitment to recovering the lost funds….
Gov Monday Okpebholo of Edo says that the state loses over $1 billion in investments yearly due to cultism. The governor made the claim in a statement in Benin on the economic toll of cult-related violence. Okpebholo explained that cult groups not only destroy lives and property but also scare away investors and dampen tourism…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, says civil service across Africa is at a critical crossroads, because of inherited systems which are no longer adequate for present-day realities. Walson-Jack made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the maiden edition of International Conference on Civil Service Reform, with…
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have raised their short message service (SMS) alert charges by 50 per cent with effect from today, May 1. Among the banks are Guaranty Trust Bank, Ecobank as well as others that have informed their customers of the increase of the charges to N6 per one SMS. While GTBank announced a…
The Senate has referred the alleged sexual harassment petition filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP) against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio to its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. Akpoti-Uduaghan had during Wednesday’s plenary, stood up and stated that she had a petition, read it out aloud, and submitted it. The petition…
Popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo, widely known as E-Money, was reportedly released on Tuesday evening after hours of interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). E-Money had been arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and subsequently taken to the EFCC’s office in Abuja. According…
The death has occurred of Omar Farouk, the son of the traditional ruler of Dambatta of Kano State, Dr Mansur Mukhtar. Mukhtar, the deceased father, is a former Minister of Finance, This was announced by the family of the deceased in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Farouk died on Saturday in Abuja and was…
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said over 161,000 children fewer than 10 have been given a first vaccine dose against polio virus in central Gaza. The vaccine was the first launch of UN-led mass vaccination campaign in the embattled Palestinian territory. The number of children reached in central Gaza during the first two days…
Workers dismantling a collapsed bridge over the Elbe River in the eastern German city of Dresden have once again found what appears to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb. This is according to the authorities report on Tuesday. The area around the Carola Bridge has been cordoned off as bomb disposal specialists investigate the…
