Benin Republic and Togo owe Nigeria $8.84m for the electricity consumed in the fourth quarter of 2024, a new report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission revealed. The commission highlights the remittances made by bilateral customers (domestic and international) and special customers for invoices issued in 2024/Q4 by the Market Operator. According to the report, the…

Suppose someone proposed to tax the country $500 billion a year — which comes to $4,000 per household annually, and more than $6 trillion if we do the scoring over a decade. And then they propose taking this tax revenue and handing the money to the pharmaceutical industry. My guess is that the proposal would…

A suspected Nigerian fraudster based in India has been arrested by the police after one of his victims reportedly committed suicide. According to an online news platform, Indian Express, the 31-year-old Nigerian national identified as Chijioke John Okoye, was arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a woman who later died by suicide on…

The federal government has recruited elite foreign military experts to train its soldiers in counterterrorism and hostage rescue. This was disclosed by the Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, during the launch of a training program for 800 soldiers in Kaduna State. Abubakar stated that beyond training, the government will equip the troops with modern technology…

Image by Miles Peacock. Though Donald Trump has sought to eradicate it from government, business, and education, DEI continues to haunt him. Judges have resisted his efforts to end DEI initiatives and policies, and basic principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion remain stubbornly rooted, after decades of struggle for a multiracial democracy, in American cultural…