THE credibility of the avowed commitments of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, towards the wellbeing of the entire populace of the state, was yesterday publicly questioned over his alleged authorization of the brutal invasion and forceful eviction of over 30,000 residents of two waterfront communities – Otodo Gbame and Ebute Ikate – in […]
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The power of entrepreneurs and the free market is driving Africa’s economic growth from food production, as business wakes up to opportunities of a rapidly growing food market in Africa, that may be worth more than $1 trillion each year by 2030 to substitute imports with high value food made in Africa. This is the […]
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin; and President/CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, during the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources working visit to Dangote Oil Refinery, Petrochemical and Fertilizer Projects in Lekki, Lagos NOCs across Africa have […]
The first SWA Africa Finance Ministers’ Meeting held virtually on 4 November, built on previous global Finance Ministers Meetings organized by SWA in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2017. The SWA Africa FMM was co-convened by global partners UNICEF and the World Bank Water Global Practice, as well as regional partners the African Development Bank and African Ministers’ Council on Water. The objective of the SWA Africa FMM was to develop […]
Activists have expressed fears that Veolia, the company linked with the Flint, Michigan water crisis, is on the shortlist to manage two-thirds of water system in Lagos, Nigeria. “I feel Veolia is a snake, and they slithered over to Lagos to try to increase their profit margins,” Nayyirah Shariff, director at Flint Rising activist group, told BuzzFeed News. “They […]
burnt trucks By Bankole Shakirudeen Adeshina It is no longer news that Ekoro, one of the communities at Oke Odo, Abule-Egba area of Agbado Oke-Odo Local Community Development Area of Lagos State was on Sunday, October 18, 2020, thrown into pandemonium and teeth-gnashing anguish, no thanks to the pipeline explosion that ravaged the area, consuming […]
Global hunger levels have risen for the first time in more than a decade, now affecting 11 percent of the world’s population, as conflict, climate change and economic woes bite, U.N. agencies said on Friday. Last year, 815 million people were hungry – 38 million more than in 2015 – the five agencies said in […]
Group Managing Director, Lafarge, Mr. Michel Puchercos, CEO, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mr. Oscar Onyeama; Chairman, United Bank for Africa, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Chairman Seplat, Dr. ABC Orjiakor; Chairman, Access Bank, Mrs. Mosun Belo-Olusoga; Chairman, Lafarge, Mr. Mobolaji Balogun; Group Managing Director, Access Bank, Mr. Herbert Wigwe; Group Managing Director, Seplat, Mr. Ojunekwu Augustine Avuru; and […]
By Martin Tachio It was a clear Thursday afternoon. I was sitting at a hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja – waiting for Sanusi whom I had communicated with the night before. He had agreed and scheduled the meeting place and promised to drive up to Abuja from Funtua. My business with this guy was essentially […]
By Abiose Adelaja At Eruemukohwarien, a community that is home to Ughelli East Gas Plant, it is always hot and bright. The residents don’t know the difference between the coolness of the night and the heat of the day as raging flames have rolled out, noisily and non-stop, every day for the last 55 years. […]