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Opinion: Ajaokuta, Hope Renewed?

•We must get it right this time if we are truly desirous of industrialising Thirty-seven years after its establishment, and eight years after a rather acrimonious...

NIOMCO Itakpe: Now That Global Steel Holdings Limited Is Back

By Wakil El Habib. The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday this week entered into a modified agreement with Global Steel Holdings Limited also known as Global Steel,...

Itakpe: Don’t Concession NIOMCO To GHSL, Group Urges Buhari

A group, Concerned Delta Indigenes Forum, CDIF, has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to jettison the proposed concessioning of the...

Ownership Crisis Ends, Nigeria Retakes Ajaokuta Steel Company

The Federal Government on Monday took a major step in its plan to revitalise the steel sector as it signed a renegotiated concession agreement with Global Steel Holdings...

Kidnappers On The Prowl Again In Kogi, High Court Judge Abducted

Kidnapping activities in Kogi state seems to have resurfaced since the Police Helicopter detailed for aerial ‎ surveillance to trap the hoodlums disappeared. Barely...

3 Mine Workers Abducted in Kogi, Kidnappers Demand N30m

Three officials of Niomco Ltd, a company in the Itakpe area of Kogi state, were abducted on Monday, while their kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N30 million. One of...

Revamping Ajaokuta Steel Company as Nigeria’s Oil is No Longer Oily by Emmanuel Balogun

Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) was designed to be the driving force of Nigeria’s technological advancement and the need to revamp the nation’s steel sector is...

Iron And Steel As The Economy’s Backbone by Mohammed K. Ajanah

There is no doubt that Nigeria is now at a critical crossroad concerning her economy. Noisy discussions have continued to remind us about the enormous wealth in the...