In April, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu made a bold announcement that he is considering sending a memo to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting to ban public officers going abroad for medical treatment. It is not clear if this memo was ever sent to the FEC. Perhaps, next time the media meets with the honourable Minister, they [...]

I must say I am one of those who feel highly disappointed by the forced resignation of Nigeria’s former minister of power, Barth Nnaji. I am not alone. His resignation has been a subject on social media with a good number of people expressing disappointment with his resignation. The disappointment has mainly been because most Nigerians have for the first [...]

Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) yesterday evening released a list of the 54 companies bidding for the 11 power distribution companies created from the unbundling of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). S/N DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES NO OF BIDS  RECEIVED NAME OF CONSORTIUM 1 Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc 5 (1)Skipper Nigeria Ltd;(2) NAHCO Power Consortium; (3) KANN Consortium Utility Company [...]

Nigeria’s power reform process is on track as the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) announced this evening that it has received bids from 54 investors for 11 electricity distribution companies put up for privatisation. Tuesday was the deadline set by the BPE to receive technical and financial proposals from investors interested in buying the distribution companies unbundled from the Power [...]

Friday, 13 January, 2012, the Nigeria Police makes a great breakthrough in its quest to unravel the mystery behind the series of bombings that have sent a lot of innocent Nigerians to an early grave. A key suspect behind the tragic Christmas day bomb blast in Madalla, Niger State is arrested in Abuja. The interesting part of the arrest is [...]