IN the beginning: Following he revolution that swept through the advertising industry in the 80s and 90s, it was apparent that globalization and its effects will culminate in international affiliations in the succeeding years.

YENAGOA—The Federal Government, weekend, tasked traditional, community and religious leaders in the Niger Delta to pacify the youths in their areas to stop kidnapping expatriates working with firms handling the dualisation of the East-West Road project.

Nigeria is a country of 167 million people by the current population estimate. Just as the population is fast growing, so are the ideas of how to grow the economy. Just as every Nigerian is a football coach, so is every Nigerian a development economist. Each person has his/her own idea and whether they are motor park economists or classroom economists, whichever group gets the ears of the powers-that-be has its way.

LAGOS—Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, weekend, said the House was working towards ensuring that majority of items on the exclusive list were moved to the concurrent list.

The administration in Oyo State as in other states perpetuates the practice of illegal caretaker administrations for its local councils it has, however, set the pace in using legal convolutions in perpetuating the illegality