National: Governance, Policy & Politics

Nigeria’s privatization agency, BPE launches CSR Initiative

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has launched its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to cater for the needs of…

Nigeria’s senate says new minimum capital for MfBs inimical to financial inclusion objectives

Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions has expressed concern over the decision of the Central Bank…

Let’s not play politics with pump price of fuel – Donald Duke warns

Donald Duke, Nigeria’s presidential candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) warns that “the oil and gas sector are too…

Atiku unveils policy plan, targets $900b economy by 2025

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has launched his policy plan to revamp…

Infrastructure, water, education get N83b in Kano

Jacob Ajakaiye in Kano  Development of infrastructure, provision of water and school construction received the lion share of the 2019…

$5.72bn Mambilla Power loan talks with Chinese government making progress, says Nigeria power minister

The Nigerian government said talks are now at advance stage with the Chinese government to secure  $5.72 billion to finance…