When former President Olusegun Obasanjo introduced the office of Chief of Staff into the Nigerian presidency in 1999, very few people here knew the significance of the office that was first introduced by President John F. Kennedy into the United States government in 1961

Mixed reactions from aviation stakeholders and others have greeted the removal of Princess Stella Oduah as the Minister of Aviation. She was sworn in on July 2, 2011 and deployed as Minister of Aviation on July 4th. She was last Wednesday relieved of her post alongside the Minister of the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, Minister of Police Affairs, Chris Olukolade and the Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama.

Nigeria spent a total of N1.2 trillion on importation of vehicles last year. A break down of the figure showed that N550 billion was spent on importation of cars, buses and trucks.

C ome March 9th 2014, Otunba (Dr). Michael Olasubomi Michael Balogun will be 80 years on planet earth. At 80, most mortals look frail and sometimes senile, hardly able to piece words together. But talking to Otunba Balogun shows he has the presence of mind of a 60-year-old. He is agile, strong and reads without aid.

There was general public optimism when Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, returned for a second term as the Finance Minister and also Coordinating Minister of the Economy, and promised that there will be strict discipline in granting imports duty waivers during her tenure.

Head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Kanu Uche, yesterday, advocated life jail for any politician who engages in violence in the next general elections

THERE are indications that about 1 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) of gas shortfall may stall the early realisation of constant power in Nigeria, as stakeholders in the energy industry have said that it will take at least five years before uninterrupted power supply could be achieved.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday continued consultations on his political direction in Lagos in meetings with stakeholders and solicitations for prayers for the country from religious leaders.

GROHE Group is the world’s leading provider of premium bath faucets and showers, kitchen mixers, thermostats and installation systems, with consolidated annual sales of €1.4 billion (Euro) in 2012. The German company formally berthed in Nigeria with public presentation of in Lagos, last week, to an audience that included journalists, architects, home designers, fashionistas and interior decorators.

Executive Director, Operations and Services of Premium Pension Limited, Mr. Kayode Akande, has said that the new pension scheme is still undersubscribed with only about six million subscribers considering the fact that about sixty million Nigerians have one form of employment or another.