Dangote Cement opens new $1 bln plant

Feb. 10 | President Goodluck Jonathan commissioning the Dangote Cement factory at Ibeshe, Ogun state, on Thursday. L-R: Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Gov. Ibikunle Amosun and Mr Femi Otedola. Photo: STATE HOUSE  Nigerian manufacturing group Dangote has opened a one-billion-dollar...

Tough choices have to be made – Jonathan’s best speech yet

Jan. 8 | Editor’s Note: Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan in a landmark speech, gets emotional, and reaches out to Nigerians for their cooperation on the removal of the fuel subsidy, as a way of repositioning the oil-rich nation’s economy. The removal...

Government, labour in deadlock over fuel subsidy removal

Jan. 5 | NAL Staff writer In what has now become a cat and mouse chase between Nigeria’s federal government and coalition of workers unions, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its members to embark on a nationwide strike starting from Monday, January...