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Nigeria’s inflation rate reaches 11-month high, hits 17.71%

The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, surged to 17.71 percent in May 2022, up from 16.82 percent in the previous month. The National Bureau Statistics (NBS) said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for 2022 released on Wednesday. …

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FG, 10 states plan 2,000MW off-grid power

The Federal Government and 10 states are currently working to produce 2,000 megawatts of off-grid electricity through solar energy sources, the Minister of Power, Aliyu Abubakar, announced on Tuesday. Speaking at the Power Dialogue organised in Abuja by Nextier Power, Abubakar also revealed that Nigeria’s major hydropower plants, Kainji and …

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Extend voter registration by two months, Reps urge INEC

The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the June 30, 2022, deadline for voter registration by 60 days, to enable more eligible Nigerians to register, get their Permanent Voter Card and participate in the 2023 general elections. Also, the House mandated its Committee on …

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