Free meter distribution begins in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos today

The free distribution of electricity meters to Nigerians will commence today (Friday) with the simultaneous inauguration of the scheme in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja electricity distribution companies’ franchise areas.…

WTO: US opposes Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate

The United States has opposed Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate to lead the World Trade Organisation.Ugamatv reports that key WTO ambassadors tapped Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday as the best pick…

Ex-MD suit’s documents against Tinubu, Alpha Beta burnt –Lawyer

The lawsuit instituted against All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, and tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting, by a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta, Dapo Apara, has suffered a…

WTO: France, Germany, 104 other countries back Okonjo-Iweala

The 27 European Union member states have backed Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in her bid to become the first African and first female director-general of the World Trade…

Senate asks foreign ministry officials to return N848m, $1.5m

The Senate Public Affairs Committee has sustained the audit query issued to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The 2015 audit query prepared by the Auditor-General…

Looting: Govt must compensate business owners —Falana

Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN), says governments at all levels must compensate business owners whose assets were looted by hoodlums in the country in the aftermath of the #EndSARS…

‘4,500 workers’ll lose jobs if hoodlums attack our factory’

THE management of KAM Holding has warned hoodlums, who, under the guise of #EndSARS embark on vandalisation of both public and private property in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, to desist…

Chinese products top Nigeria’s imported goods list – NBS

A total of 31.41 per cent of goods imported into Nigeria are from China, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS stated in its report on ‘Foreign trade…

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee’s leadership,…

Lagos kicks as hoodlums loot CACOVID palliatives

Suspected hoodlums on Thursday broke into a warehouse used for the storage of COVID-19 palliatives in Mazamaza community, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The group…