The Nigeria Football Federation has emphatically ruled out Wives and Girlfriends, WAGs, of Super Eagles from being part of the Brazil World Cup for the team. Chairman Technical Committee of NFF, Barrister Chris Green, Chairman Media Committee of NFF, High Chief Emeka Inyamah were unanimous in banging the door against the WAGs in Eagles participation in the World Cup.

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).