COMPTROLLER-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi, has said that two Bell Helicopters have been acquired by the service to boost its war against smugglers and cross borders crimes.

In a bid to keep the Nigerian business environment abreast of the current best practice in professional administration, the Chartered Institute of Administration has advised professionals to update their skills to ensure efficient use of resources to help their organizations survive the hard times and gain competitive advantage.

IF your answer to the above question is yes, then you may have some reasons to be concerned. Otherwise, you may know people who live in such neighbourhoods in which case you may still have reason to be worried.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria CBN appointed management for Oceanic bank has brought about dramatic change in the affairs of the bank. About 100 days after the CBN intervention and bail out funds injected into the bank visible changes are now evident in the bank.

THE global corruption watchdog, Transparency International, TI, has just released its yearly Corruption Perception Index for 2009. And what has made the headlines in the last few days is that Nigeria has slumped in the latest ranking. The country is placed 130 out of the 180 countries covered by the report.

RIGHT from the First Republic, up to the tenure of Rashidi Ladoja, not a single governor of Oyo State has had the privilege of being given a second term. Neither the Cicero of Esa-Oke, the articulate Bola Ige, nor Dr.Omololu Olunloyo, despite his illustriousness, was considered good enough for re-election.

ABOUT 50 years ago, a great warrior, “Ovuworie”, migrated from Ihero family in Okpe-Isoko to Onyah in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State and later settled in a place called Osekwenike, now in Bayelsa. One of his sons was Okorie.

I FEELvery reluctant to write this piece because it may appear like pouring cold water on the euphoria of the celebrated “success” of the amnesty programme which apparently has moved the Federal Government to initiate or to promise development in the Niger Delta to the delight of many.

KADUNA State governor, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, recently concluded a tour of the 23 local government areas during which he commissioned a number of projects and also used the opportunity to flag off work on some others. Faced with stiff opposition for a second term in 2011, Sambo may have used the tour as a subtle campaign to launder

Professor Jibril Aminu is by every stretch of definition a successful individual. A medical doctor, an accomplished university administrator, two time minister, an ambassador to the United States of America, and now a senator from Adamawa State can be unbelievably blunt.