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.

Ogun State Commissioner for Finance, Kemi Adeosun and a former aide to former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Gboyega Isiaka have engaged each other over alleged N2.8 billion fraud.

The recent closure of the offices of the New Nation, an illegal operator in the Nigerian Capital market by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC is not only commendable but should serve as a deterrent to others who are in the business of cheating people.

Ikechukwu Uche is most likely to again miss out on the World Cup after Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said he lacks discipline.

“There is nothing more wasteful than doing diligently what should not be done at all.” President Jonathan took a plane load, or more, of people to Davos, Switzerland for what was billed as the World Economic Forum, WEF.

No fewer than 100 people were, weekend, killed in separate attacks in Baga and Izge villages of Kukawa and Gwoza local government areas of Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents, who also reportedly wounded several others and destroyed property worth millions of Naira. This came as President Goodluck Jonathan said in Lagos, yesterday, that the security challenges facing the country would have been worse without prayers from religious groups across the country.

The amount of idle cash (liquidity) in the interbank money market fell by 163 per cent last week, causing cost of funds to rise by 28 per cent.

FORMER Minister of State for Education and a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for nominating General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau as defence minister, saying that the move would boost security in the country

Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi has said that no charge will be imposed on bank customers to obtain newly introduced biometric identification number.

Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has introduced the three initiatives to empower bureaux de change (BDCs) to effectively perform their roles.

It is no longer $10.8billion but where it has been sitting, the money has been paid, interest has been accruing, together with the interest should be paid as a first step to show government transparency before going to see whether it is $12 billion, whether it is $49 billion or it is $10 billion