The expectation was high and people were asking questions on how to dance ‘E be like fire…’ Even when we shot the video, we just had an idea of how the dance should go. We were not perfect unlike now.

Nigeria’s foreign minister was reported to have said in New York that “Mr President himself… publicly accepted that the process that brought him to power was flawed; so, Nigerians would be shocked if the same president goes ahead to re-appoint the same man to conduct the 2011 general election.”

It is unfortunate, unproduc-tive, a throwback to practices which this country should have left behind and most inimical to the growth and development prospects of the Nigerian economy the report that transactions are now done on cash and carry basis.

Mr Olatunji Kayode Samuel of Trans4mer Beauty Concept, Abuja, has emerged Best Hair Stylist of the year 2009. Mr Samuel beat eight other participants drawn from all zones of the country to emerge winner, carting away the star prize a fully equipped Amigos branded Salon, a ticket to Accra, Ghana and generator set.

The impact of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s banking reforms has started taking its toll as the Federal Government agency saddled with the sale of government interests in businesses in Nigeria, Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, has found that buyers of some of the companies it has sold cannot raise the money to effect payment .

Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Orhionmwon Local Government Council, has appealed to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to approach the business of governance in the state with human face particularly as regards to his tax reform programme.

AFFIRM Consulting Training and Coaching Services, the only licensed trainer in Nigeria of the Springboard Women’s Development Programme, recently commenced in Lagos the four-day empowerment training.

The Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will deliver the lead paper at 39th Annual Accountants Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, (ICAN). The Governor will speak on “The Changing Roles of the Accounting Profession and the Global Economic Crisis”,

Last week former Flying Eagles coach, Tunde Disu told Saturday Vanguard sports that the Green Eagles could still qualify ‘miraculously’ for the 2010 World Cup and urged Nigerians to go into serious prayers for the team.

Come December 12th 2009, a 18 hole golf course belonging to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) will be commissioned by Osun State governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who is also the chairman of the Nigeria Golf Federation. Governor Oyinlola will not be alone as governors Emmanuel Uduaghan, his Edo State counterpart Adams Oshiomole and Senate President David Mark will be part of the commissioning and launching of the only 18 holes golf course in Edo State.