Day: June 14, 2020

Enter the Daredevil Journalist by SIMON KOLAWOLE

Our paths crossed in 2014. I was about to set up TheCable online newspaper. The biggest challenge was getting a good editor to take charge. Having practised journalism for over two decades, I wanted to take the back seat and concentrate my energies on other businesses. But unable to get a suitable candidate, I began to panic. I virtually gave up. Then the application of ‘Fisayo Soyombo arrived. He performed excellently well in the written test — and even better at the interview. Surprisingly, he gave up a bigger salary…

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Panic as Ghana’s Health minister contracts COVID-19

Tim Bauer

The Ghanian Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, who usually brief countrymen and women on how to prevent the COVID-19, has contracted the viral infection, raising apprehension among the people. He is currently on treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Center after testing positive for coronavirus, citinews reports. Kwaku Agyemang Manu’s status comes as a surprise due to his regular caution to Ghanaians in his bi-weekly press briefings on COVID-19 by the Information Ministry. Sources at the hospital who, according to citinews, confirmed the information said the Dormaa Central MP was…

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Nigeria power sector’s debts surge, weigh in on gas investments – NGA

Damilola Olonade

Apex group of stakeholders in Nigeria’s gas sector, the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), has bemoaned the worsening debts profile of power sector in gas-to-power value chain, stating that this is already taking a toll on the industry’s viability. The group, which declared at a webinar it organised for stakeholders including tepresentatives of  the government agencies,  investors and journalists, rallied the stakeholders for solutions to Nigeria’s gas sector challenges. President, NGA, Mrs. Audrey Joe- Ezigbo, voiced the frustration of her members involved in supply of gas to power plants during a…

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Togo, Benin, Niger’s electricity debts profile to Nigeria hit N32.04bn in one year

Aliyu Aliyu

The debt profile of three of Nigeria’s international electricity customers – Togo, Republic of Benin and Niger – has hit  N32.04 billion in just one year. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), which disclosed this in its latest  report sighted on its website on Sunday, declared that debts which was for power supply to the neighbouring countries in 2019 alone, has contributed to financial burden threatening the sustainability of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The commission had, proor to this, said that the three countries classified as international customers owe Nigeria…

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