Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has said its strategic decision of refocusing its business primarily on general cargo and break-bulk handling was responsible for its operational rebound in 2025. The improved performance follows a strategic repositioning of the terminal after a challenging 2024 where …

A sector that keeps reviving what has repeatedly failed, while resisting what works, is not trapped by fate but comforted by collapse. PETROAN’s latest outburst exposes just how invested some interests remain in Nigeria’s ritualised dysfunction. By Abiodun Alade Nigeria’s oil and gas sector has endured many seasons of noise …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE Recent reports in the media space highlighting threats of “naked protests” by market women across several states if the federal government fails to address the issue of hardship underscore the depth of hunger and poverty gripping the nation. No doubt, there is hardship in the country, of …

A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Akin Osuntokun, says the Senate’s rejection of electronic transmission of election results does not portend well for the growth of Nigeria’s democracy. Osuntokun, who recently joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), spoke on Friday in Lagos. He was …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned security agencies against granting access to its National Secretariat to expelled members, insisting the property remains the subject of pending litigation before the courts. This warning comes after reports that a faction of the party loyal to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, …

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, on Thursday, questioned Mr. Johnson Akinowo, the acting managing director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), over the utilization of N4.099 billion in regulatory income during the 2025 fiscal year. The committee also suspended the consideration of the agency’s 2026 budget proposal. …

The Enugu State High Court has ordered the British government to pay £420 million to the families of the 21 coal miners who were killed on November 18, 1949, during a strike at the Iva Valley coal mine in Enugu. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice Anthony Onovo determined that …

MTN Group has said that it is in discussions to acquire the approximately 75 per cent stake in IHS Holding Limited that it does not already own. This initiative could give the telecoms firm full control of one of the leading independent tower infrastructure companies worldwide. MTN confirmed on Thursday …

The Oniwo of Afin, Oba Simeon Olanipekun, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, has regained his freedom after his family reportedly paid an additional N12 million ransom to secure his release. The monarch, who had spent about one month in captivity, was freed …

  African leaders have been urged to protect their sovereign autonomy, with warnings that failure to do so could leave the continent perpetually dependent despite its vast natural endowments. This admonition was given yesterday at the strategic policy workshop held at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs in commemoration of …