Marketers Speak On New Fuel Price As Another Refinery Prepares To Release Product After Dangote After a long wait, the Port Harcourt refinery is getting closer to beginning operations while oil marketers wait patiently There is optimism that when the refinery finally starts releasing products, it will help reduce fuel […]
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Aderemi Adeoye: My Firm Worth N20bn, Will Give Dangote A Run For His Money
The outgoing Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, says he is now going fully into business and he is ready to give Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, a run for his money. Adeoye stated this on Saturday during his ceremonial pull out parade from the Nigeria Police Force at […]
Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder In Sokoto, Black Marketers Sell Petrol ₦2,000/Litre
The situation has started affecting business activities and making life difficult for people with black marketers selling petrol for between N2,000 and N2,500 per litre. Residents in Sokoto State have continued to lament the untold hardship they are subjected to following the fuel scarcity being experienced in all parts of […]
$2.1B Arms Scandal: APC AKIDA Petitions Tinubu, Calls For Sack Of Matawalle
In a petition signed by its Chairman, Mallam Musa Mahmud, the group urged the President to consider dropping the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle over his alleged involvement in the arms deal that defrauded Nigeria of billions of dollars. A Kaduna-based socio-political pressure group, APC Akida Forum, has […]
Political Polygamy: Governors Spouses Battle For First Lady Role
VICTOR AYENI examines how the office of the First Lady in Nigeria, created by many governors, has become a hotly coveted title among some state governors who have more than one wife, as the rivalry between their wives spills into the public space In a not-too-subtle competition for influence, Titilola and […]
Poor Power Supply: Governors Hire Consultants To Break Discos Monopoly
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have agreed to work together to tackle epileptic power supply in the country, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. As part of measures to achieve this objective, the governors have agreed to take steps to break the monopoly of Discos in power distribution across […]
Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia, as chairman, Nigerian Education Loan Fund
President Bola Tinubu on Friday, approved the appointment of Jim Ovia, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). The appointment is in line with the extant law signed on April 3, 2024, which empowers the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appoints the Board […]
How Akin Monehin’s business strategies transformed his wife’s Agege bread business, raising $2m funding in two years
Akin Monehin is an entrepreneur and a Business Transformation Manager at Shell. He is the husband to Omowumi Monehin, an attorney at law and Co-Founder of Wumi’s Bakery and Bistro. They both relocated to Qatar and are blessed with two sons whose love for bread waned as the quality of […]
Labour Shuts NSITF Headquarters Over Staff Salary ‘Cut’
Members of the organised labour, on Friday, protested and shut down the headquarters of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) over alleged cut of workers’ salaries in the agency by the management of the fund. The aggrieved protesters, led by the President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo and […]
Naira Maintains Steady Falls As Speculators Scoop Dollars
The naira, Nigeria‘s currency, has continued to fall across official and unofficial foreign exchange (FX) as speculators scoop dollars amid increased supply. The local currency opened trading on Friday morning with the dollar selling at N1,430 on the parallel market, popularly called black market. This represents 2.09 percent depreciation against […]