Nigeria Among Top Three Countries With Electricity Deficits – W/Bank         The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than...

Remittance To Low, Middle-income Countries Now $540bn       Remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion last year, just 1.6 per cent below the 2019 total of $548 billion, according to the latest Migration and Development Brief by World Bank has shown. The bank said...

Oil Hits $71 On Rising Demand Hopes In US, China       Oil prices were higher on Wednesday as negotiations over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action continued to falter, and as a rebound in oil demand in China, the United States and Europe threatened to outpace...

Oil Price Rises Above $70, OPEC Projects Demand Growth       The international oil price, Brent crude, rose above the $70 per barrel mark on Tuesday, with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries projecting that demand for the commodity is bound to improve. Brent, against which Nigeria’s...

Fed Govt Receives 75 Bids For Road Concession     A total of 75 firms have submitted bids to serve as concessionaires for 12 federal roads that are mapped out for concession by the Federal Government. Bid documents submitted by the companies as well as the names of...

Democracy Day: A Glance At Governor Badaru's Six Years In Office, by Mahmuda Ya'u Dan Sarki   “The broad based policy thrust of our government will focus on security of lives and property, education and human capital development, water & sanitation and primary healthcare, youth employment,...