Voices at the background were loud at the time Samson Siasia spoke with us. It was few minutes after the match and the players were, apparently, celebrating their victory which their coach described as “hard”.

NOW, the eyes of the world are on us. We have set a new, macabre world record, beating strife-torn, sectarian violence-wracked Iraq to it. Before the penultimate Friday bombing of the United Nations, UN, building in Abuja, the highest death toll suffered by the “world government” was 22 people killed. And that took place in Baghdad, Iraq.

Last week, Bukar Kyari assumed responsibilities as the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Securities and Clearing System CSCS, the clearing arm of the capital market. With a 24 years career which include 14 years at Hewlett-Packard (HP), three years as Director in charge of eelectronic Banking, Information Technology and Operations at former FSB International Bank and six years as Managing Director/Chief Executive Valucard Limited, Kyari has established a reputation as one of the top experts in the nation’s electronic payment industry. In this interview, he bares his mind on development in the electronic payment industry and how he intends to use his wealth of experience in information technology and banking to transform the CSCS.

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has denied media reports that he was arrested and detained by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation of perjury and stealing of N7 billion state funds.

By VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA-AHEAD of this year’s pilgrimage, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission,NCPC, Mr. Kennedy Opara, said pregnant women would not be allowed to participate in the exercise. Speaking with newsmen, weekend, Opara said: “All married women are subjected to pregnancy test and as soon as you are tested positive, you are […]