Less than one year after take-off, the microfinance interbank money market has collapsed following default by participating microfinance banks.

The incumbent Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, has stubbornly decided to continue the destructive and suicidal monetary and foreign exchange market policies of his predecessor. In this event, this article, which was first published in 2006, with progressive supplementary comments in this column on 23/3/2009, is today 18/1/2010 reproduced for objective public evaluation!

Stakeholders have disagreed over the continued suspension of public ownership of the Nigeria Stock Exchange.
Stock Exchanges are traditionally privately owned by stock brokers and some individuals and the process of making a stock exchange publicly owned is called Demutualisation.

The Lagos State government has set up a 12_member panel to enhance the process of acquiring land from landowning families, communities and villages for overriding public interest.

Over 12,500 applicants have applied for the 500 housing units constructed by the Katsina State Government along Mani road in Katsina, the state capital, at the cost of N2.5 billion.

Lagos State government has began moves to accommodate traders who were displaced and negatively affected by the ongoing redevelopment of Oshodi

African Alliance Insurance Plc is the oldest Life insurance specialist in the country yet it has weathered the storm through the years and still flourishing at 50 years. The Managing director of the company, Mr Alphonse Okpor in this interview with Patience Saghana relays the challenges and prospects in life insurance business, touches on topical issues such as the industry market agreement, the 2010 guidelines released by NAICOM among others including the driving force behind the company’s success of over five decades.

It is now five months since the issue of looted African terracotta was raised in connection with the exhibition entitled “African Terra Cotta: a Millenary Heritage”, at the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva and brought to the attention of all concerned. A group of renowned scholars alleged that many of the objects on display had been looted from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Nigeria.

In his book, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ernest Emenyonu captures aspects of Ekwensi’s disposition to film in the 1950s. For instance, beyond revealing how Ekwensi “wrote and broadcast plays and stories for the BBC Overseas Service” , Emenyonu demonstrates how “once in 1954 his voice was ‘dubbed’ on to the sound track of the film Man of Africa, which was shown at the Venice Film Festival that year” .

The mystery about festive periods is that you never know what would turn up to make it a memorable event for you. Take the Ed-il-fitri festival for instance. You expect your Muslim friend not only to invite you for a Ram feast but to give you choice cuts of ram to take home; which was exactly what happened to me.

Last week, I showed you the relevance of dreams, with their demands, if you must achieve maximum success in life.
This week, I will teach on the second pillar of success—Identity. Wisdom demands that you sit down and locate the treasures of God inside you. A wise man said, “Find out what you truly love doing and build your daily agenda around it.”

By Dennis Agbo Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi  State is  not sleeping well. His sleep is murdered by his ambition to stay in office beyond 2011  when he hopes to be re-elected for a second term in office. Ordinarily, the governor  should be having a  good sleep, given the fact that, as one of the […]

Sometimes around 2006 and 2007,1 was browsing the Internet when I came across a document suggesting that the think-tank in Europe were planning on how they can build and supply small nuclear reactors for the generation of electricity to developing countries. They will also be supplying the nuclear fuel (some kind of processed Uranium used (bed the nuclear reactors) to those developing countries.

Jonah was a prophet with a mission from God; it was not a mission he particularly relished. Having served God for many years he was at his wit’s end at the merciful nature of God. God’s mercy made him a liar before the people; Jonah wanted to be feared, revered and respected.

NIGERIA is not a breeding ground for terrorists  nor is it one for the exportation of terrorist ideas. The average Nigerian, Moslem or Christian, is a peace loving individual who wants a peaceful environment to go about his normal business, according to Senator Florence Ita-Giwa. It is on account of that peaceful nature that Nigeria […]