Business Day
ABUJA FLOODS: NATURE’S RECKONING
The Abuja Master Plan must not be subordinated to plot-allocation pressures, writes PAT ONUKWULI Abuja was conceived as the triumph of planning over disorder. Yet after recent deluges turned Wuse II,
OIL WEALTH, POOR STUDENTS AND THE NELFUND QUESTION
KALU OKORONKWO argues for a periodic review of the students’ upkeep allowance There is perhaps no more jarring illustration of Nigeria’s confused understanding of educational opportunity and social investment than the
AREPO AND CRISIS OF ELECTRICITY
Electricity supply in Arepo and environs is increasingly becoming epileptic, writes AKINLOLU AKINPELUMI For millions of Nigerians, electricity is not something they simply rely on. It is something they keep
LESSONS FROM NEPAL’S FLOOD DISASTER
Government should invest heavily in flood prevention The people of Nepal are still counting their losses from the devastating flash flood which ripped through their border with China, inundating towns,
Stop blaming spirits for disasters, PFN chairman tells C’River residents
By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR CALABAR — The Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, in Cross River State, Apostle Trinity Ogar, has urged residents to stop attributing recent flood,
Stock Market Drops by N1.9tn to Halt Positive Momentum
Kayode Tokede The Nigerian stock market reversed its prior days’ positive momentum as investors profit-taking in yesterday down market capitalisation by N1.9 trillion. The downturn was broad-based, with only four
Oyetola Elated as APM Terminals Signs MoU to Develop Badagry Deep-seaport
Eromosele Abiodun APM Terminals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of the proposed Badagry Deep-Seaport, as Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, led
ICTN’s Ex-President Tasks SMES on Embracing Digital Tax Compliance
Dike Onwuamaeze The immediate past President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Mr. Samuel Agbeluyi, has advised Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to embrace digital compliance under
Agunkejoye Wins Highpoint Africa Woman of Impact Award
Nigerian HR professional, author, social entrepreneur and gender development strategist, Mrs Izehi Hannah Agunkejoye, has been recognised as a Highpoint Africa Woman of Impact Award by the Highpoint Africa Women’s
NAICOM’s Failed Insurance Firms Dilemma
With recent conclusion of recapitalisation exercise in the insurance industry, NAICOM ‘s appointment of receivers and liquidators for the failed insurance firms has generated court actions against possible liquidation, writes
