Ayobo residents protest activities of land-grabbers
By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Daniel Alfred LAGOS — The Ayobo Community Development Association, ACDA, yesterday held a rally to protest the incessant violence unleashed on the community by some alleged land-grabbers. The protest which took members of the community to the headquarters of the Ayobo-Ipaja Local Government Development Area, LCDA, and the state House of […]
NOA, war against poverty
The Director-General maintained that because of the importance of communication, the focus of the Agency was to continue to inform Nigerians on what the programmes of wealth creation and poverty eradication are all about, the benefits to their social and economic wellbeing and their expected role in the success of the programmes.
Towards ending political rape of Delta Izons
Amen Uhunmwhangho, once quoted Patrick Wilmot as painting the picture of leadership failure in Nigeria as follows. “After almost half century of independence Nigeria, the potential superpower of Africa has travelled in reverse gear. If Nigeria had been a motor vehicle it would have been scrapped.
Reinsurers decline cover for underwriters
Ifeanyi Ugwuadu Apparently, in view of the huge loss of investment from Nigerian stock market and the meltdown around the world, reinsurers have declined to renew treaties for some local underwriters. It was learnt that renewal for some companies was deferred until they can provide the reinsurers with more information on their financials. Most CEOs […]
Kajola plans further capital raising in 2010
By Michael Eboh Kajola Integrated Investment Plc has indicated its readiness to further shore up its capital base through a capital raising exercise that will be undertaken next year. This was after the successful completion of its private placement which was conducted in 2008. The company sought to raise N2.6 billion from the capital market […]
Oando’s third quarter performance excites shareholders, operators
By Peter Egwuatu Shareholders and operators in the Nigerian capital market have expressed confidence that Oando Plc performance for the current financial year end 2009 will surpasses the previous year if the current rate of growth in the performance indices are maintained. Shareholders and operators in the market have also advised the company to be […]
Uduaghan’s security aide holding Warri to ransom – Rita Lori-Ogbebor
It was an opportunity to sit down together and discuss the welfare and future of our people. It has given us hope; we were able to tell the boys that there are alternatives to politics, to violence.
Animal Care to dominate sub-region soon
By Daniel Gumm FOR its consistent application and adaptation of strategic alliance, knowledge and experience, Animal Care Services Konsult (Nig.) Ltd is set to dominate the African sub-region with its products and services. This was the verdict Wednesday by a cross section of participants at the company’s 30th anniversary seminar which held in Lagos. The […]
Anambra 2010: How Andy Uba’s candidacy divided Labour Party
Today, the classes are overpopulated; yet resulting in an awakening of sort! Buddha called it enlightenment! But, how do we now get maids, cooks, drivers, gardeners and gatemen for export? Now, a majority of Akwa Ibom people are no longer docile; they no longer wallow in self pity. Self worth has returned and if that isn’t a wrong on Akpabio’s part, then my mother isn’t 16!
D-A-N-G-E-R: ‘Who wakes Amodu from his trance when Eagles play Argentina?”
Former Coach of defunct ACB Football Club of Lagos, Chief Gideon Njoku has said that Argentina cannot scuttle Nigeria’s World Cup dream in South Africa.
World cup fever : Nigeria can cause trouble for Argentina
Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has revealed that he is concerned about the strength of Argentina’s World Cup group. Diego Maradona’s team have been pitted against Nigeria, Greece and South Korea in Group B, but Higuain added that no side in the finals will be a walkover. “It’s a difficult group,” he told Real Madrid’s […]
Elephant Might! Enyimba crush Ranch Bees 4-0 as title race intensifies
Enyimba Football of Aba are back to the top of the Globacom Premier league table after match day nine of the 2009/2010 season. The People’s Elephant, as the Aba giants are called, crushed premier league returnees, Ranch Bees of Kaduna by an emphatic 4-0 margin at the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba, on Sunday. The victory […]
Preparing With FIFA’s $1m
By Ikedi Isiguzo IF ever you hear that a country is advertising to hire a coach, it must be Nigeria. If the list turns out as long as what the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, presents, the implication is that the there is no serious effort to hire anyone. What are we to make of all […]
World Cup fever : Brazil haunted by ‘Group of Death’
As Groups of Death go, they do not come much more fatal than Group G. Three of anybody’s pre-tournament favourites Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast brought together to fight it out for only two second round places, along with the distinctly unknown quantity of North Korea. The form guide would suggest Didier Drogba’s men ought […]
Confronting the curse of an oil city
Anybody who has any structure on the land without lawful government certification is an illegal squatter. What the state government offered to pay was technically not compensation but simply a commercial bonus to encourage the squatters to go and live a normal human life among normal human beings.
Govt must fix the economy before deregulation — Mahmoud, SAN
Mr Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), is our guest for the week. In this interview, he spoke on the controversy trailing the delay in passing into law the Freedom of Information bill still pending before the National Assembly and concluded that the lawmakers must urgently act on the bill, realising that FOI is a human rights issue. […]
