We have always wondered what the choice would be if Nigerians were allowed to choose “Man of the Year” without influence from the media or criteria set by any organisation.

The cement sector of the economy, weekend, closed the year with huge inventory of unsold cement and clinker with the two biggest manufacturers, Dangote Cement PLC and Lafarge WAPCO Cement Nigeria Plc recording 1.47 million tons of unsold stock.

No fewer than two people were killed, weekend, in a communal clash between the Fulani and Gwari people, while 1,500 people were displaced.

The clash, which erupted at Gwarko, Gwagwalada Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, last Saturday, was said to have been sparked off by encroachment of Fulani cattle into farmlands in the area.

DUTCH police prosecutors, L. N. Stempher and G. R. C. Veurink, have indicated their intention to withdraw one of the charges against Nigerian activist and founder of Holland-based Hope for Niger Delta Campaign, HNDC, Comrade Sunny Ofehe, who is facing terrorism charges in The Netherlands, for lack of sufficient evidence.

…As N-Assembly plans probe *Kogi tops staff list with 300, Imo 290
ABUJA — Few months after over 100 aggrieved senior staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had raised the alarm over their deliberate stagnation by the management, some states have also criticized the nation’s apex bank for not employing many of their natives.