Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi pointed to pressure and a lack of big game experience after seeing his wards lose 1-2 to Mali in their first group game at the ongoing African Nations Championship in South Africa.

“For friction industry, you can develop a formulation that is 80 percent local content, but today, am not sure we can meet up with that because there is no processing industries in Nigeria to process these raw material. If as a manufacturer in friction industry, you decide to process it yourself, it becomes very expensive.

Last Tuesday the Group Managing Director of UBA, Mr Phillips Oduoza had a panel discussion with some selected reporters. He debunked insinuations that Tony Elumelu was teleguiding the bank and why the share price of the bank is low at the moment. He gave insight into the tough banking environment in 2013. He also spoke on the bank’s journey in its foreign operations and what investors should expect going forward.

The naira appreciated by 400 kobo to N169 per dollar at the parallel market last week, even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold $749.84 million through the Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS).

Eighteen months after the gruesome murder of a post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Miss Cynthia Osokogu, by some of her Facebook social media friends, a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday, accused the first and second defendants’ counsels, Miss Mosunmola Oladapo and Mr. Michael Ajayi of deliberately stalling the trial.

The People of Ayamabele and Kalaba in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, weekend, staged a peaceful protest calling on the police to bring to justice the alleged killers of their son, late Godsgift Atama.

While Woolworths has canned its three-store pilot project in Nigeria, citing a mismatch with the Nigerian consumer and climate, Broll Nigeria says this need not deter South African retailers from profiting in the country.

The press was recently awash with the news that the Minister for Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, has warned telecom operators in Nigeria to improve their service quality or face sanctions. According to the reports, from 2014, telcos that fail to meet agreed key performance indicators (KPIs) will face penalties including fines, withdrawal of licences and five-year jail terms.

He was given a gold badge to sit on the VIP stage during the Glo-Caf Awards on Thursday night in Lagos. But he preferred to sit where he would interact with many friends including his colleagues in the media.

It remains incontrovertible that defining Legal terminologies has been a problem to lawyers. This much was noted by a Professor of Jurisprudence, J.M.A Ojomo when he said; “As long as definitions are a translation of thoughts into words, they create problems for lawyers. Law itself is an exercise in controversy.