•Operators blame poor supply for move •FG laments exit from national grid BY GODWIN OBI As the country battles incessant blackouts, about 250 manufacturers and academic institutions have abandoned their respective power distribution companies to generate their own electricity. The organisations, many of whom are bulk electricity users, shunned theContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 election, Oluwole Adebayo, has questioned the composition of President Bola Tinubu’s economic team. Adebayo, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said that Tinubu’s economic team is not sharp enough and that itContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has approved four airlines as official air carriers for pilgrims of the 2025 Hajj. A statement by the Executive Chairman, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Prof. Abdullahi Usman on Sunday, said the four airlines were selected out of the 11 companies thatContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Dolapo Bright, a former Special Adviser on Agriculture to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that President Bola Tinubu was misled by his advisers that the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes on the importation of food staples through land and sea borders would reduce inflation. Bright wasContinue Reading