The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that Nigerians aspiring to secure admission to foreign universities spent about $340.84 million on application fees between January and June 2023. The figure marked a notable fall of 44.28 percent when compared to the previous quarter. According to the data, which detailed records on expenditure for educational…
For billionaire Aliko Dangote, these are not the best of times. Recall that the President set up a team led by former FRCN boss, Jim Obazee to look into the books of CBN and other organizations. The Obazee Committee was said to have submitted its interim report to the President some weeks ago and since…
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has announced plans for the first-ever seaport in South Eastern Nigeria. The project which will be located in Owazza, Ụkwa East LGA Abia state, has been flagged-off on 30th September 2023. Governor Otti made this announcement at the South-East Security Summit in Owerri, Imo state. The Governor also announced…
We have sold forward FX contracts so some of our future FX earnings are encumbered. Essentially, some of the FX we are yet to earn does not belong to us. Under the infrastructure tax credit scheme, some of our major company income tax payers were awarded roads to either rehabilitate or construct and are entitled…
Zamfara’s Governor Dauda Lawal has banned illegal mining in the state and also ordered security agents to shoot violators at sight. The Governor’s media aide, Malam Suleiman Idris, quoted Lawal as saying in Gusau that the order was part of measures to restore law and order. The governor noted that illegal mining had fuelled banditry…
The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is yet to begin production after the August commencement date, earlier announced by the President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. While delivering his speech at the official commissioning of the refinery by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May, he said, “Your excellencies, distinguished guests, our first product will be…
By: Law Mefor The Igbo term for apprenticeship is ‘Igba Boi.’ It involves learning a trade or craft under someone who is already well-established in the field and is now a master in his own right aka ‘Oga’ in local parlance. Though Igbo apprenticeship had been around for a while before the Biafra war, its…
By Law Mefor Leadership determines whether a family, society, or country succeeds or fails. Indeed, everything rises and falls on leadership. The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidency heralds the rise of a new era in Nigeria and unless this changes at the Supreme Court and even before then, the South-East has to reposition itself to make…
The Leadership Scorecard’s Perspectives with Uzu Okagbue – an explosive media expository, depicting the Igbo political situation in Nigeria and the way forward out of the doldrums. If there is one Igbo leader who seems to be reading the hieroglyphics of the politics of times right in Nigeria, then that Igbo man is Uzu Okagbue….
Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has said Nigeria’s wealth and prosperity lie in harnessing and encouraging youth entrepreneurship for productivity. He however stressed that to move Nigeria from consumption to production, governments must aggressively support entrepreneurship and small businesses. Obi stated this on his twitter handle, while recounting his experience at the Owerri Business…
