Daily Archives: December 6, 2012
Blast in Kano injures 2 persons
Another early morning explosion yesterday injured two persons at Zoo Road near the Hockey Area in Kano metropolis. A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the bomb exploded on the road ... Read More »
Ekwe Awards: A call for Igbo preservation
According to Obi Egbuna “culture is definition, he who defines is your master. To let anyone define your culture for you is to make that person your master”. This signifies that when you accept another person's definition of you, he ... Read More »
Traders shun Promised Land in Benin Rep
Trading is yet to commence at the so-called Nigeria International Market Benin Republic, almost a month since that mart located in Okun Seme Village in Commune de Seme-Podji (Seme-Podji Local Government Area) was launched Read More »
We have surpassed Rivers, Ogun’s achievements –Adefulire
Barely few days to the end of the week-long 18th National Sports Festival, Lagos State is already singing praises of her achievements. According to the Chairman Local Organising Committee, Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, Lagos has surpassed the achievements made by ... Read More »
We‘re lifting Delta economy beyond oil revenue –Uduaghan
Dependence on oil revenue has, for quite some time, agitated governments at all levels in the country so much so that there have been persistent calls for diversification of the economy before it gets late in the day Read More »
CNPP writes Okonjo-Iweala, demands fuel subsidy reports within 7 days
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has given a seven-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Finance within which to make available to it reports on the fuel subsidy submitted by the various ad hoc committees set up by the ... Read More »
CBN to sanction 2 banks, telecoms firm for breach of mobile banking guidelines
The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday warned it would not allow any interest to frustrate current efforts at raising the level of financial inclusion in the Nigeria. To show it would no longer condone further violation of guidelines on electronic ... Read More »
Igbo still in second-guessing mode
If it takes the visionless drivers to crash the vehicle, it indubitably takes men with vision to navigate today’s Nigerian unstable and rough socio-political terrain. The vision was personified in men and women who crafted the road map for the ... Read More »
What if these great men were philologists?
Everybody, save the tax office knows that I am a business man. And that I guess is okay in the sight of the Lord and the law. Perhaps if I had not been, my cheques as a poor scribbler won’t ... Read More »
Larmode’s lamentations
I watched Ibrahim Larmode, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a budget session with the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes. He was a sorry sight as he bemoaned the financial ... Read More »
