NCS destroys N37.7million poultry products

NCS destroys N37.7million poultry products

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Oyo/Osun Command has destroyed 5,390 cartons of imported poultry products with the monetary value of over N37.7millon in Ibadan, saying that importation of poultry products, which ought to be produced locally to boost indigenous firms is not good for local farmers in the country.
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Human capital dev. drives national transformation

Human capital dev. drives national transformation

DIRECTOR-GENERAL of Institute for National Transformation, INT, Prof. Vincent Anigbogu has said that there can not be true national transformation until there is a concerted effort at developing the nation’s human capital. He noted that a World Bank assessment in 1998 in 192 nations re-vealed that human capital contributes as much as 64 per cent towards economic development as compared to physical infrastructure which contributes 16 per cent and available natural resources which is responsible for 20 per cent.

Nigerian history and the morbid obsession with national unity (4)

Nigerian history and the morbid obsession with national unity (4)

Although the visit was cancelled eventually, it did not prevent the Kano riots in which scores of Ndigbo were murdered. Therefore, it is very clear that during the colonial period and shortly after independence, the British colonialists were obsessed with maintaining what until now is euphemistically referred to as “One Nigeria” for her own neo-colonialist agenda, notwithstanding the centrifugal forces of ethnicity and religion pulling in the opposite direction.

MCCN and MBGE pageants

MCCN and MBGE pageants

Miss Capital City Nigeria and Most Beautiful Girl in Eko holds this month in Lagos. The event, put together by Ereon Pageantry, an event company, is aimed at promoting African beauty, values, civilization, decency and dignity of the African girl child.

‘Some people are out to kill the aviation sector’

‘Some people are out to kill the aviation sector’

Alhaji Mohammed Tukur is the Assistant Secretary General, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). He speaks on the challenges in the aviation sector against the backdrop of the Associated Airlines plane crash that claimed 15 lives.

Nigeria needs low credit funds to grow manufacturing, agric sectors – Idika Kalu, ex-Finance Minister

Nigeria needs low credit funds to grow manufacturing, agric sectors – Idika Kalu, ex-Finance Minister

Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, an economist, was a two-time Minister of Finance. He was also, at different times, Minister of National Planning and Minister of Transport. In January 2012, he was appointed to chair the Special Task Force on refineries. In this interview, Kalu speaks on various programmes mapped out by successive governments to transform Nigeria’s economy in the last 53 years, the reforms in the financial sector and the need for government to revamp agriculture for sustainable development.

Dissecting Group dynamics in corporate administration

Dissecting Group dynamics in corporate administration

Dr Fabian Ajogwu’s Corporate Governance & Group Dynamics is a 420 page work that examines the existing models of corporate governance in Nigeria with the aim of determining whether they are capable of dealing with the complexities of group structures especially in the banking and financial services sector.

Presidential visit: Jonathan urges Eagles to make Nigeria proud

Presidential visit: Jonathan urges Eagles to make Nigeria proud

President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday paid the Super Eagles a visit during their training for tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia and wished the Eagles beat their hosts to put themselves in a good steed to qualify for Brazil 2014.

2015: How APC presidential candidate will emerge – Senator Hussain

2015: How APC presidential candidate will emerge – Senator Hussain

Senator Mudashiru Oyetunde Hussain representing Osun West senatorial district was a two-time member of House of Representatives between 1999-2007 representing Oshodi-Isolo federal constituency, Lagos State. He returned to his home state of Osun and contested for the Senate in 2011.Hussain is a member of Senate Committee on Appropriation and vice chairman, Senate Committee on Sport. He was in Ilorin where he spoke on some national issues

No vacancy in Aso Rock until 2019 – Sergeant Awuse

No vacancy in Aso Rock until 2019 – Sergeant Awuse

Chief Sergeant Awuse is a top Rivers State politician, popularly called, “Political Bulldozer”. In this interview, he bares his mind on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying those calling on President Goodluck Jonathan not to contest for another term are trouble-makers who want to stop Mr President from exercising his legitimate right.