Homepage News from Thursday, August 14th, 2025

​​​​​​​The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved major funding to upgrade power infrastructure across the country, in a bid to boost electricity supply and support national industrial growth.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Steel Development, Patrick Ndubueze, disclosed that the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company was at times indebted to the tune of ₦2 billion in electricity payments, despite not producing.

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Thursday for official visits to Japan and Brazil, with a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.