From 9/11 to 11/9
The terrorists are in charge in the United States of American and they choose the numbers 9 and 11 to wreak havoc. If you understand astrology, you may be able to establish a nexus. After all, the...
View ArticleFood Security In Nigeria: Is Biotechnology The Panacea?
In the last 50 years, the Nigerian population has escalated at geometric proportion. Data available in the 2012 revision of the World Population Prospects by the Population Division of the Department...
View ArticlePlantain Plantation: Multi Million Naira Business Venture
Plantain farming and growing plantain are easier and less complicated than any other plantation. Although growing plantain still require ones’ attention, the level of skill required is not as intensive...
View ArticleThe Unlawful Continued Detention Of Zakzaky
Since December last year, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has been in military detention. The authorities have not given a concrete reason for his continued...
View ArticleCBN: Boosting Employment, Self Sustenance Through Local Rice Production
Rice is grown approximately on 3.7 million hectares of land in Nigeria, covering 10.6 per cent of the 35 million hectares of land under cultivation, out of a total arable land area of 70 million...
View ArticleControversy Trails Senate’s Refusal To Confirm Magu As EFCC Boss
Five months after his name was officially communicated to the Senate, the screening and confirmation of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has...
View ArticleObama’s Last International Tour And The Future Of Euro- American Relations
Still nursing wounds from the shocking defeat of his Democratic party in the November 8, Presidential election, US President, Barack Obama began a tour of Europe early last week in what might be his...
View ArticleJournalism Under Surveillance In Canada
Journalism and journalists are under siege … but not in the places you might suspect. Now, be honest, as you read that sentence what countries sprang instantly to mind? Russia? Turkey? Egypt? To be...
View ArticleChanneling Funds To Real Sector Through Low Interest Intervention
With the hike in the benchmark interest rate from 12 per cent to 14 per cent at the last Monetary Policy Committee meeting, lending rates in the banking industry has hovered close to 30 per cent...
View ArticleHousekeeper Remanded Over Alleged Theft Of Credit Card
A Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 23-year-old housekeeper, Henry Iruma-Egana, who allegedly stole his employer’s credit card to purchase goods online. The Magistrate, Mrs...
View Article9,579 Tested HIV Positive In 6 Months In Lagos – LSACA
No fewer than 9, 579 people were tested positive to HIV of the 616, 318 that attended the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) awareness programme from January to June, 2016. Dr Oluseyi Temowo, the Chief...
View ArticleAPC Decampee In Delta May Return Back To PDP In 2016 – Group
The Niger Delta Coastal Areas Peace Movement (NDCAPM) has admonished the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal government to be wary of those who joined the party from PDP particularly in Delta...
View ArticleRivers Rerun: Wike Accuses Inec Of Handing Over Original Result Sheets To...
Rivers State governor, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, has accused the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of handing over original result sheets for the forthcoming...
View ArticleFlashPoint : Of Governors, Senators And Pensions
There was outage last week when it was announced that former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomiole, is entitled to a take home pay of N200 million. The State House of Assembly approved the provision of...
View ArticleFidel Castro: Exit of A Revolutionary And The End Of History
His death was announced on the Cuban national Television on Friday. He died at the age of 90 after several years of illness. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on Aug. 13, 1926 or 1927 in formerly...
View ArticleMaintaining Tight Monetary Stance In Stagflation
Rising from its meeting last week, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) maintained the tight monetary policy stance it took in July, maintaining the benchmark interest...
View ArticleNigeria, Morocco And New Levels of Intra – African Bilateral Relations
The visit last week by the King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI, may have set the tone for a new level bilateral relations for the two African countries. Leading a delegation of 300 Moroccan officials and...
View Article70% Financial Inclusion By 2020, A Vision Achievable
There has been a huge increase of Nigerians included in the nation’s financial system over the years with over 10 million new accounts opened in the last one year. According to data by the Nigeria...
View Article5 Financial Mistakes New Business Owners Should Avoid
Money will always be a huge challenge for any entrepreneur who owns a new business. It is never enough. So, as a new business owner, there are some money mistakes you should not commit no matter the...
View ArticleOpposition Victories In The Gambia, Ghana And Democracy In West Africa
Like it happened in Nigeria in 2015, two other English- speaking West African countries, last week saw opposition parties snatch victories from the incumbents, a development that may set a new course...
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