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Electricity stakeholders have said the lack of sanctity of contract and sincerity on the part of the Federal Government were the critical factors that frustrated the projected objectives of the power sector years after privatization. They insisted that the Federal Government conducted road shows across the world for investors only to backpedal on the key pillars that would have led to the growth of the sector. The players, who converged at a media workshop organised by the Power Correspondents Association of Nigeria (PCAN) in Abuja said the sector is currently buried in corruption and gross lack of respect for contracts.…

Nigeria’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and the Judiciary in Oyo and Rivers States today announced the establishment of Small Claims Courts as part of an attempt to boost investors’ confidence and reduce the challenges faced by small and medium-scale businesses. Bringing to nine, the number of states with such initiatives in Nigeria, the move is aimed at addressing business-related challenges and making Nigeria a progressively easier place to do business. Already the states have inaugurated Small Claims Judicial Committees to begin the process of establishing Small Claims Courts in their respective States. Special Adviser to the President, Ease…

The Wife of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the February 2023 election, Princess Rukayya, has told Nigerians that her husband is more committed to fixing the country than all other presidential candidates. Princess Rukayya, who spoke at a PDP Women Summit in Lafia called on all Nigerians to massively vote for her husband. According to her, Nigeria can still be great with the right person at the helm of affairs, despite the challenges it is currently facing “Let me begin by saying thank you to everyone here for…

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will speak on his agenda for Nigeria at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, on December 5. Tinubu, according to Chatham House, will, during the occasion, have the opportunity to “discuss his vision and recently unveiled a manifesto for ‘renewing hope’ in Nigeria, including his policy proposals for economic reform and revival, and how to deliver secure and inclusive job opportunities for Nigerian citizens.” Though it’s not yet clear who among the remaining presidential candidates will, next, get an invitation to come and speak…

• Yakubu: Our allegiance, and loyalty is to Nigerians • INEC staff, and security operatives have questions to answer, says Ebonyi council chief • Ebonyi to deploy security officers, Ebubeagu across INEC offices ahead of elections Despite the repeated attacks on the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Commission has assured Nigerians that the frenzied attacks won’t deter it from conducting free, fair and credible polls in 2023. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance, yesterday, during the visit of the African Union (AU) Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission to the Commission in Abuja. While expressing concern over…

• Minister blames rising cost of food on inflation, COVID-19 • FG cautions travellers to U.S., U.K. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has blamed the rising cost of food and other items on inflation and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The minister spoke, yesterday, at a media briefing series to highlight the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, otherwise known as ‘Scorecard 2015-2023’. He said inflation is not limited to Nigeria, describing it as a global trend occasioned by the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Abubakar, the hike in the price of…

The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba has reiterated the Federal Government’s determination to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 through its Energy Transition Plan (ETP). Jedy-Agba disclosed this during 2022 Nigeria Energy Forum Day 2, Virtual Edition, held on Monday following the Day 1 physical event earlier held in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had unveiled government’s plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030. Ms Kachollum Daju, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this when she addressed newsmen on Sunday…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been tasked to work towards early arrival of polling officials and materials. They strongly link late arrival to violence and urged INEC to do everything to ensure effective logistics at the election. One of the experts who spoke at the training programme on early warning signs and conflict resolution tagged, Speak Up Stand Out (SUSO) Project, Tama Yari, warned that late commencement of poll due to a delay in arrival of election materials had been a major cause of violence in previous elections. The training was funded by Civil Society Organization called Voice…

• Ballot boxes, voting cubicles, electric power generators, others destroyed • IGP orders fortification of commission’s facilities The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Izzi Local Council of Ebonyi State was set ablaze yesterday. Some unidentified persons were said to have started the fire around 10.00 a.m. at the building located in Iboko area of the council. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, in a statement, said although no casualties resulted from the attack, the main building and all movable and immovable items within were destroyed. “These include 340 ballot boxes,…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said that Nigeria needs to spend $410 billion above usual to deliver its energy transition plan by 2060, more than N10 billion yearly. The minister stated this while declaring open the seventh meeting of National Council on Hydrocarbons (NCH), with the theme ‘Roadmap and Strategic Option Towards Achieving Energy Transition in Nigeria.’ The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources organised the event, in collaboration with Niger State government, in Minna, at the weekend. According to Sylva, energy is crucial for almost every conceivable aspect of development, noting that life expectancy is…