El Rufai to Be Arraigned Tuesday after 35 Days in Custody as ICPC Files Multiple Charges
Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El Rufai will be arraigned in court on Tuesday after spending more than 35 days in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
Tony Elumelu Marks Birthday with Renewed Commitment to Empower 3,200 African Entrepreneurs Across 54 Countries
In a move to reaffirm his commitment to empowering African entrepreneurs, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, UBA Group and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, has…
Baruwa unseats MC Oluomo as NURTW president, takes control of secretariat
The leadership crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers took a dramatic turn as Tajudeen Baruwa assumed control of the union’s national secretariat in Abuja, dislodging Musiliu Akinsanya,…
₦868m Fraud: Court Jails Ex-Accountant-General Nwabuoku For 72 Years
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, to a 72-year jail term without an…
Spotlight: Abdulrazaq Isa Reshaping Nigeria’s Energy Landscape
In Nigeria’s oilpatch, reputations are often built on acreage and access. Abdulrazaq Isa has chosen a harder route: institutions. Over three decades he has constructed, with almost bankerly fastidiousness, a…
Nigeria Hits TotalEnergies With $126m Fine
Nigeria’s anti corruption watchdog has imposed a $126 million fine on TotalEnergies for allegedly violating expatriate worker quotas, igniting a legal and political confrontation that now threatens to overshadow President…
Tunji Alausa – The Medical Doctor Who Prescribed Education Reform
In the long annals of Nigerian public administration, few appointments have seemed as improbable, or as quietly transformative, as that of Dr Tunji Alausa, the nephrologist who now presides over…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Outlandish Claim of Rescuing Nigeria from Bankruptcy
There are exaggerations in politics, and then there are the sort of claims that make economists reach for their calculators in disbelief. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent declaration that he…
ENI Fast Tracks Former OPL 245 Investment Plan After Truce With Abuja
Italian energy giant ENI is preparing to launch an accelerated investment programme for the former OPL 245 deepwater fields after signing a sweeping settlement agreement with the Nigerian government that…
Spotlight: Kano betrayal and Kwankwaso’s political obituary
Politics in Kano has always been a contact sport disguised as ideology. The defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the ruling All…