The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) yesterday disclosed that it achieved a 13 per cent growth in turnover, as the company grew from N80.1 billion to N90.2 billion between 2008 and 2009.

THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), yesterday, stressed the need for human capital development of the people of the region, saying that it is the only solution to a permanent peace irrespective of the level of infrastructure available.

THE National Executive Committee, NEC of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has readmitted former governor of Bayelsa, Chief Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha who was expelled from PDP in 2005 into the party.

WIFE of the President, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan has advised women in the South West zone to monitor their wards and discourage them from being used as political thugs come 2011.

A global human rights body, Amnesty International, the National Human Rights Commission, the Legal Aids Council and the Legal Resources Consortium yesterday in Abuja protested the plans by the 36 state governor in the country to begin execution of all condemned inmates resident in various prison formations in the country.

In the Warri area of the country, it is common to here inhabitants say ‘Wafi no dey carry last’, meaning Warri and its habitants cannot be found on the last rung of the ladder when it comes to goals pursuit and attainment. Whether it is always rightly applied or not is a matter for debate .

We have thought about it, I and my wife but for the fact that my three kids are under aged and in school we would have given it a positive action. I don’t want a situation where changing environment for my kids will affect their education. More so, the company that employed my wife has no branch in Nigeria.
So for now, it’s impossible now for me to relocate my family to Nigeria.

Adamu pretends he loves Nigeria’s football. He used is position in the sports ministry to climb to enviable positions in football in the west African sub-region, Africa and the world. He is president of WAFU, Executive Committee member of both CAF and FIFA.

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and agriculture (NACCIMA) Dr, Simon Chukwuemeka Okolo, MFR has declared that the shortfalls on the 2010 federal budget should be an eye opener to government on the great need to fast track the power sector reforms to ensure adequate energy supply that will engender increased economic activities in the country.

Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, said yesterday that except Professor Attahiru Jega, all the new commissioners nominated in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are either members or supporters of ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Super Eagles woeful outing against Greece in the team’s second Group B game on Thursday in the on-going World Cup in South Africa brought to the fore again, the naked truth about the situation of football in Nigeria.

Adekunle started saying there were too many Yoruba in the headquarters. Too many Yoruba? Was it an ethnic war? We were not fighting Igbos. We were fighting Biafrans. He did not want to hear Biafrans. All the Igbos were not Biafrans. There were many of them in the Lagos area and in other parts of Nigeria.

There appears to be little sense of urgency driving the political advance to 2011. I am beginning to be afraid that we will miss the mark unless we accelerate our pace of work towards conducting a credible, free and fair election that will meet international standards, and ensure local satisfaction. We have only eight months to go before the election in February at the latest, and the only positive thing we have on ground is the appointment of INEC’s chairman with his commissioners.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday quizzed two aides of business mogul Chief Mike Adenuga over their involvement in the alleged 17.5million Euros Siemens scam that has led to the interrogations of over 14 prominent Nigerians in the last three weeks.

South Korea coach Huh Jung-moo has warned his players to erase all memory of their Argentine nightmare and punish Nigeria in their final group B to move to the next round on Tuesday.