Microfinance banking and poverty alleviation: Way forward in Nigeria

Microfinance banking and poverty alleviation: Way forward in Nigeria

The issue of poverty has become a front burner issue all over the world especially in the continents of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The interest shown all over the world may be genuine but there are some elements of enlightened self interest. For example, in Nigeria, most of the violent clashes have been attributed to poverty. Poverty is always a threat to political stability and peace.
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AC insists on probe of N9bn capital votes scam

AC insists on probe of N9bn capital votes scam

THE Action Congress, AC, has said that the show of shame exhibited at the House of Representatives should not prevent anti-graft agencies from getting to the root of the crisis in the House and unravelling what happened to the N9 billion Capital vote.

Fashola marks 47th birthday, tasks citizenry on less-privileged

Fashola marks 47th birthday, tasks citizenry on less-privileged

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State at the weekend handed over an ultra modern crèche to the Catholic Women Organization, CWO, of the Church of Annunciation in the Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah as part of events to mark his 47th birthday.

Court restrains c’ttee from evicting tenants

Court restrains c’ttee from evicting tenants

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, weekend, restrained the Implementation Committee of the White Paper on the Commission of Inquiry on Federal Government Landed Property and its agents from evicting the occupants of 1, Rumens Roads, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Temi Halim and the story of Tenka and His Magic Drum

Temi Halim and the story of Tenka and His Magic Drum

Even writers, in their quite quarters are also deep in thought about how best to celebrate 50years of Nigeria’s journey to adulthood. Having at all times pioneered, the project, today popularly knowns as “ rebranding” through the various creative genres of prose, poetry and drama, the restless spirit, Muse will still not allow some writers rest, but will rather continue to prop them to the other side silence: the un-rebranded side of the nation’s tangible and intangible social, material and historical culture.