Denrele Edun, family robbed!
Barely one week after burying bosom friend Goldie Harvey, Eccentric Channel 0 presenter, Denrele Edun himself escaped death by whiskers when gun totting robbers invaded his family's Yaba, Lagos home.
Merger fall-out: You’re a failure, PDP tells Okorocha
Apparently angered by his romance with the newly-formed All Progressives’ Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, descended on the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, describing him as a failure and a disappointment to the people of the state.
…As match commissioners go back to school
I have been reliably informed that the Nigeria Football Federation has concluded arrangements to hold a pre-season Match Commissioners seminar in Abuja this week. What this tells me is that the March 9 kick off date of the Premier league may be a reality after all.
Police Games: 4,200 athletes, 500 officials storm P/Harcourt
Four thousand two hundred Police athletes and 500 officials are in Port Harcourt, the capital of RiversState for the 10th Biennial Police Games beginning today through 9th March, 2013, in three different venues in the Garden City.
Recapitalised FMBN, NMFC will boost mortgage penetration – Pepple
Ongoing moves to recapitalise the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and the impending take-off of the Nigerian Mortgage and Finance Corporation (NMFC) will both go a long way to effectively tackle the low mortgage penetration in the country.Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Ama Pepple, stated this recently during the inauguration of the Board of Directors for FMBN in Abuja.
Chartered Accountants can practice taxation unhindered, says ICAN
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has insisted that its members can practice taxation unhindered.
Pope, monarch, leadership and Nigeria (2)
OBVIOUSLY, the rumors of his purported death in an Indian hospital that was awash in the mainstream and social media until his sudden appearance last week must have damaged his self esteem and caused preventable anxiety and political tension for the good people of Enugu state.
N20bn unauthorised loan: Reps give AGF, DMO 30 days ultimatum for repayment
ABUJA—THE House of Representatives Committee on Environment, at the weekend, gave the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla and the Director General, Debt Management Office, Abraham Nwankwo a 30-day deadline to ensure that N20 billion is paid back into the Ecological Funds Account, EFA.
‘Kidnap value?’ No need!
BEING from AbiaState, I come from the Niger Delta. At least, that is what the legislation that established the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says, though those from the “True Niger Delta” (Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and, to a lesser extent, Akwa Ibom) would laugh at those of us from Abia, Imo, Edo and OndoStates with the question: “How many oil wells do you have?”
Empower MSMEs to reduce unemployment – AMEN President
President of the Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN), Prince Saviour Iche attributes the high rate of unemployment in the country to poor funding of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). In this interview, he urges State Governments to release the Industrial Development Centres (IDC) in their state for industrial development. He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should do a critical check on the activities of Microfinance Banks.
Tribalism – a barrier to progressive democratic dialogue
TRIBALISM is a barrier to progressive democratic dialogue in Nigeria. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for Vanguard newspapers. The title was “Obasanjo says the darndest things.” In this article, I was generally critical of leaders who only understand Nigeria’s problems in retrospect.
