How I led the Abia liberation struggle – Gov. Orji
In the second half of his stewardship, Orji has generally been acclaimed to be working hard to cover up for the lethargy and crises that characterised the governance of the state in the first term before he championed the liberation struggle that disentangled the governance of the state from the hands of the hitherto prevailing political cabal.
Aviation: AIB, Canadian firm sign pact to build FDR/CVR labolatory
Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, of the Aviation Ministry has signed a contract with a Canadian firm to set up FDR/CVR laboratory for purposes of analysing recorded tapes of crashed planes.
Is governance about food and drinks?
Aso Rock, the seat of federal government,has become a fortress of all sorts. There, you have political power, position, influence and dishing out of largess to the favoured. One of the easiest ways of dishing out largess in Nigeria is through contract award. Food for instance can be supplied by anybody; so to help the girls who are close to the power that be, fruits and other food ingredients are supplied on contract.
NeFF set to aggregate statistics on electronic fraud
The Nigerian Electronic Fraud Forum, NeFF, has said that it is working on developing a data base that will accommodate statistics on electronic fraud, e-fraud, in the country, which will be ready before the end of 2013.
Nigeria sells N50bn 7-, 10-yr bonds, yields fall
Nigeria sold N50 billion worth of 7-year and 10-year sovereign bonds maturing in 2019 and 2022 at an auction, with yields falling more than 100 basis points on both. Nigeria sold N25 billion apiece in the 7-year and 10-year bond at 12.49 percent and 12.01 percent each, compared with 13.74 percent and 13.5 percent respectively at the last auction.
ALSCON sale: Rusal ignores S-Court ruling, dares FG
Effort by the Federal Government to comply with the Supreme Court ruling ceding the management of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State to its rightful buyers, BFIG Corporation, has been rebuffed by Rusal, the Russian Aluminium Company, that was sacked by the apex court.
