Big Brother: Your Excellency, Big Brother has noticed the dwindling fortunes of Nigerian sports and Big Brother wants to find out your opinion on this.
Gov Fashola: Big Brother, I am aware, but it is not as bad as some of us portray it.
Big Brother: Gov what gives you this hope?

National Chairman of the Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD), Branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Timothy Ogbu, has pledged the commitment of the union to work in collaboration with government agencies to stem the tide of pipeline vandalism in the country.

The story of Taiye Ebele Mbakwe (39), a native of Umuleri-Mbakala in Abia State sounds like the rested NTA kiddies show, tales by the moonlight. The father of two who lives at Number 49, Shifau Street, Ojuelegba, Lagos operates an electronic shop in front of his house with his twin brother, Kehinde.

Onitsha—The Anambra state government has warned unlicenced commercial borehole operators to desist from selling water in the state or face legal action.

South-South Commissioners of Education have resolved to work hand in hand with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and other sister bodies as NABTEB and NECO to tackle examination malpractices.

Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has called on the Federal Government to grant operators in the industrial sector of the economy a 5-7 years tax break for them to stimulate investments in the sector.

The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Chief Alao Akala, last week expressed gratitude at Etisalat, for extending its services to the ancient town and pledged that the state government would assist in dealing with any challenges the operator may encounter in its roll-out programme in the state.

In apparent bid to compliment their quest for global expansion, Nigeria banks have began to enter into partnership with international media organisations to project the African economy.

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) last month wielded the big stick against UTIB Insurance Brokers. The broker was suspended for six months over what regulatory body described as unethical practices involving N314 million premium.

THE new Contributory Pensions Scheme which the National Pensions Commission ordered the Central Bank to start implementing is already causing some anxiety among the staff of the apex bank.

FORMER chairman, Centre Point Bank, Dennis Odife said yesterday that if the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi must succeed in his present reforms in the banking sector, there was the urgent need to ensure that there was what he called consistent participant input.

The Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN), the umbrella body for all Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMIs) in Nigeria, has declared that the mortgage banking industry in the country is stable and sound, in an apparent move to boost public confidence in the sector in the wake of recent reforms in the banking industry.

Standard & Poor’s on Friday called for industry-wide regulation to restore confidence in rating agencies, giving its initial take on a draft bill that would put credit raters on a short leash.

Oceanic Bank Interna tional Plc has restated its commitment to excellent customer service with the adoption of a new corporate campaign tagged today is a good day.

As the PDP begins the process of electing its gubernatorial candidate from a list of forty-seven aspirants which includes the former Governor of the Central Bank, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, Senators Annie Okonkwo, Ikechukwu Obiora, Emma Anosike and Prof Ilochi Okafor, among others, the 5-member panel led by Governor Gabriel Suswam, has warned that the party would not hesitate to disqualify any aspirant associated with any form of malpractice and violence.