Mr Razak Salawu, the South-West Project Coordinator of Fadama III, has attributed the slow implementation of the project in the region to the inability of some states to pay the required counterpart fund.

The African Devel-opment Bank may sell international bonds on behalf of Nigeria and Rwanda and market them to people born in those nations that live overseas, said Mthuli Ncube, the bank’s chief economist and vice president.

First is their love for early marriage and secondly their passion for footballers. Just like her mother, Adaeze got married to her husband, Joseph Yobo on the new year eve, 2010 at the age of 19. Adaeze marriage to Joseph Yobo, a football player is blessed with a boy, Joey who recently celebrated his first birthday in Turkey amidst friends and family.

The peace and tranquility associated with Our Lady of Fatimah Catholic Church , Aguda Surulere in Lagos, was last Wednesday truncated following the unprecedented arrival of men of the underworld, at about 1.30am, thereby jolting the Reverend Father and other occupants in the residential area, from sleep.

IF the recent comments of all-three sound reasonable to them, certainly they don’t to this writer. Can they now pretend not to know the genesis of all this? Can they deny their roles at the beginning?

Following the seeming return of peace of cote d’Ivoire after months of fighting, Access Bank Plc has announced the resumption of its operations in the country.

Skye Bank Group has recorded a profit before tax of N4.3 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 representing an increase of 33 per cent over the N3.2 billion achieved during the corresponding period in 2010.

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has implored the Federal Government to formulate and implement local content policy in the construction industry to check the expatriate quota abuse as it did for the oil and gas industry.

Since the news of Denrele Edun’s decision to walk out of the employment of one of Nigeria’s foremost music channel, Sound City, own by Taju Adepetu broke, tongues have continued to wag on why he left the organization that actually brought him to the limelight.

WITH the 2011 general elections over, winners have continued to count their blessings, while some losers have decided to seek legal redress at the law courts.