By Idowu Ephraim Faleye When you think about the Nigerian economy today, what comes to your mind? Some people think of a country where businesses are struggling to survive. Others think of foreign companies that once operated here but have now packed up and left. Many Nigerians see an economy full of uncertainty, where inflation bites hard, unemployment remains high, and policies change so suddenly that investors lose confidence. Yet, in the middle of all this storm, one man stood up and made a decision that looked almost impossible. That man is Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Dangote is not an ordinary...

Please listen to billionaire Bayo Ogunlesi, major investor (Gatwick Airport, UK), after meeting with President Bola TinubuLet us pray , no sabotage by bad belle people who don’t want a new progressive Nigeria because of their selfish reasons

respectively, marking a new milestone in the implementation of the Lagos State Electricity Policy and the expansion of a competitive electricity market in the State. The licence presentation ceremony, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, on Thursday, 02, 2025, brought together amongst other Stakeholders, the representatives of the new Licensees and the LASERC Commissioners, Engr. Abimbola Odubiyi (Chairman), Dr. Fouad Animashaun (the Executive Commissioner/CEO), Mrs. Kofo Olokun Olawoyin (Executive Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance), Engr Oluwaseun Fadare (Executive Commissioner, Engineering and Standards) and Mr. Tunde Gbajumo (the Non-Executive Commissioner). At the event, Folake Soetan signed on behalf of IE...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that both parents regardless of gender, sex, colour or circumstances will now be entitled to equal parental leave that they can share amongst themselves, which is four months and 10 days. This court on Friday upheld a 2023 High Court ruling that declared maternity and paternity leave provisions in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Unemployment Insurance Fund Act unconstitutional due to discrimination against non-birthing parents. The decision enables all qualifying parents, including adoptive and surrogacy parents, to share four months and 10 days of parental leave and benefits, regardless of gender or biology.

 A former police officer in Australia’s New South Wales state pleaded not guilty to murder Friday and told the court prosecutors had rejected his offer to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in the killings of his former boyfriend and the man’s partner. Beau Lamarra-Condon is accused of using his service pistol to kill his ex, Jesse Baird, a 26-year-old former television reporter, and Luke Davies, a 29-year-old flight attendant, at Baird’s Sydney home in February 2024. Lamarra-Condon, 30 appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court by video link from prison. He began addressing the judge unprompted,...

Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and regain public support for the struggling party to stay in power. Three of the five candidates in Saturday’s intraparty vote are seen as the favorites. They include a woman who could become Japan’s first female prime minister, the son of a former prime minister and a veteran moderate. The winner must act quickly to address rising prices if the party is to have any chance of winning back support after election losses to the LDP and...

As the U.S. federal government shutdown enter its third day as a result from Congress’s failure to pass a funding resolution amid Republican demands for a clean bill excluding Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions. Republicans, including Trump, accuse Democrats of seeking healthcare for undocumented immigrants, the president posted grim reaper meme targeting spending in government shutdown.