Third Monday of January every year is observed by the United States of America’s Department of States and a few other embassies as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

AS the Christmas and New Year celebrations roll by, some Nigerians who came home from different destinations overseas are experiencing wobbling knees, wondering if going back is worth the while as they recount the difficulties they encountered before coming home, in a bid to keep their heads above the water.

Skye Bank Plc has won the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) trophy as the “Best Bank in clearing” in the Abeokuta clearing zone for the year 2010.

The Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Limited has cleared and settled shares’ transactions valued at N798 billion in 2010 as against N685.7 billion in year 2009, representing an increase of 16.4 per cent.

In its bid to protect investors interest in the Nigerian stock market, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said it will implement zero tolerance of activities with operators by strictly enforcing its post listing requirements in accordance with world standard.

The World Bank has expressed concern over the slow pace of implementation of its $185 million Commercial Agriculture Development Programme (CADP) in Nigeria. Five states, Enugu, Cross River, Kano, Kaduna and Lagos are currently implementing the programme.

Recently, the management of Leadership Watch, a non governmental organization which specialized in promoting good leadership in Nigeria organized its 10th annual lecture in Lagos on the theme: Imagine a Nigeria Without Oil”.

Literally, all roads lead to Barcelona Spain, February 14-17, 2011, where a looming four-day war would spark off. The most interesting thing about this war is that it is a mobile war and can not be carried out with bombs, rockets and other weapons of mass destruction.
It would be a war of wits, brains, innovations and very serious research and development efforts in the mobile industry.

IT training institution, APTECH last week marked its 10 Years of operations in Nigeria and in appreciation, enriched its students with free laptop donations.

In line with the central bank of Nigeria directive for security printing companies to establish world class printing facilities in Nigeria, one of the locally accredited security printing companies in Nigeria, Superflux international limited says it is set to commission a $5million worth of equipment in digital printing.