FOR the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, to be effective, governments in the region need to change their approach to development related issues.

ABUJA – Federal Government acceptance to host the 3rd session of the African Union (AU), Ministers of Culture Conference shows the commitment of Nigeria to the agenda and programmes of African Union.

The Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has assured that the Corporation would support the efforts of the Nigerian Copyright Commission at enforcing the payment of royalties to collective management organizations for commercial use of music in hotels and other related organizations.

The Nigeria Football Association, NFA, no doubt remains one of the most attractive jobs in the land. And as the zero hour to the election into the board of the NFA draws near, not less than 56 individuals have picked forms to contest for the most popular job in the country.

Sunday, July 25: Nigerians returned from the Sunday Mass to the cheering news of the national Women U-20 football team that outscored their USA counterparts in the on-going FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Augsburg, Germany.

ERSTWHILE Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shuaibu has gone into hibernation since officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, dragged the rug off his feet as boss of the senior national team, Green Eagles.

A 3-man team from the Rivers State Micro Credit Agency has visited Delta State to understudy the Delta Micro Credit Programme.

Equitorial Trust Bank, the Lead Bank sponsor of the 17th National Sports Festival (Garden City Games 2010) holding in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Tuesday, presented 10 Toyota Corolla 2010 model cars to the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the games holding later in the year.

The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB) has said plans are on to group the state chapter by local governments so as to facilitate better communication and governing.

A fresh angle was added to the understanding of the ongoing post amnesty programme for repentant militants in the Niger Delta region at the just ended South South summit in Port Harcourt were people of the region passed a firm resolution calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the coming presidential election with assurance that the region was behind him. The summit was attended by the five PDP governors in the region and other political bigwigs in the area.

The upsurge on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) persists, Wednesday, as the value of listed equities’ represented by the market capitalisation appreciated by N6.40 billion.

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Contrary to the position of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), shareholders of the eight rescued banks have not lost their investment and are still the owners of the banks, says Dr. Biodun Adedipe, Managing Partner, Biodun Adedipe Consulting.

Ecobank has launched its Corporate Internet Banking (ECIB) services across all its branches in Nigeria . The Ecobank Corporate Internet Banking is a secure internet based service that provides corporate clients with access to online banking.

For watchers of the political tango in Nigeria the cardinal question on the lips of many people is; when will Dr. Goodluck Jonathan declare his intention to run for the presidency?