Light in the Power tunnel

Light in the Power tunnel

THE Goodluck Jonathan administration has just gained significant confidence of the power sector investment community with the signing of a range of industry and transaction agreements that pave way for successful generation and distribution companies to take control of the new corporate entities unbundled from the PHCN.
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Buy shares with safe money

Buy shares with safe money

The second principle of profitable investment in shares has to do with the kind of money used for the investment. Last week, we said that the first principle is to invest long term. Now, if you are going into long term investment, you need to use long term money, or safe money, that is money that is yours and which you don’t have need of, for a long time.

FIFA suspend Executive Committee member

FIFA suspend Executive Committee member

Sri Lankan Manilal Fernando, a member of world governing body FIFA’s Executive Committee, has been provisionally suspended from all football-related activities for 90 days, FIFA said on Monday.

NSCDC destroys illegal crude  refinery in Ondo

NSCDC destroys illegal crude refinery in Ondo

THE Ondo command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said yesterday, that it has destroyed an illegal crude oil refinery in Irele Council Area of the state.

Federal Roads Authority may replace FERMA

Federal Roads Authority may replace FERMA

The Federal Government may soon present a Federal Roads Authority Bill to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. The Roads Authority which would be a semi-autonomous road agency, would be responsible for the efficient construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of Federal roads in the country.

BATN boosts agriculture sector … rewards 209 farmers

BATN boosts agriculture sector … rewards 209 farmers

For agriculture development,British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) has given out tractors to farmers as part of its 8th annual British American Tobacco Iseyin Agronomy (BATIA) Farmers Productivity Awards Scheme, as 209 farmers get rewarded.

PIB Host Community Fund: An Easy Call

PIB Host Community Fund: An Easy Call

Over the past decades, Nigeria’s petroleum industry has been hurtling toward a crisis. There is forlorn of investments and hence scanty economic and social development in the country, the primary reason is the non-passage of the PIB. While calls by some questioning Section 118 of the PIB are necessary and crucial, but decisions of this multitude should not be personalized and used as a tool for political brinkmanship.

BADIA: A mixed tale of the good, the bad and the ugly

BADIA: A mixed tale of the good, the bad and the ugly

A HUNGRY man, they say, is an angry man. But Vanguard Metro, VM, is in a position to declare that a homeless man could be a venomously angry man as a recent visit to the shanty, Iganmu Alawo Community in Apapa Iganmu Local Council Development Area, otherwise known as Badia East, which was recently demolished by the Lagos State government, has revealed. And this is aptly captured in this scenario:

TNL pledges projects for development of Nigerian children

TNL pledges projects for development of Nigerian children

THE Managing Director, Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL), Mr. Chandrasheker Krishnadas Thampy has said that his company would continue to identify with projects that will give needed boost to the mental growth of the Nigerian child as this would go a long way in securing their future.

Mining the cultural wealth in our traditional rulers

Mining the cultural wealth in our traditional rulers

AS a republican in a Republic of Nigeria I have not harboured kind thoughts on the value of the institutions of traditional rulership. I saw their survival in an empire as a function of the strategies of pacification and policing of populations ultimately ruled by imperial force.

NMA seeks pro-women legislations

NMA seeks pro-women legislations

ON this year’s International Women’s Day, President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has called on the National Assembly and other legislative institutions to expedite action on all pro-women legislations currently receiving attention in order to deal with various sources of pain to the Nigerian woman.

Pollution: Communities sue vessel owners for N4.15bn

Pollution: Communities sue vessel owners for N4.15bn

About 102 communities in Apapa, Ojo and Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Areas of Lagos State, have filed a $26.25million (N4.15billion) suit against Thames Shipping Agency Limited, and owners of two vessels over the pollution of their communities.

Lagos Motor show moves to Federal Palace

Lagos Motor show moves to Federal Palace

THE Eight edition of the Lagos Motor Fair and second edition of the auto parts Expo will hold at the prestigious Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Announcing the new venue at a press conference in Lagos recently, the Managing Director, BKG Exhibition, organisers of the annual event, Mr. Ifeanyi Agwu said that the change was aimed at giving the best to Nigerians and the participant.