Need to enhance businesses to lift citizens from poverty
The World Bank’s Economic Report (July 2014) states that Nigeria is one of the top five countries that has the largest number of poor people in the world. The top five countries, in terms of numbers of poor, are India (with 33 percent of the world’s poor), China (13 percent), Nigeria (7 percent), Bangladesh (6 percent) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (5 percent), which together are home to nearly 760 million of the world’s poor.
Revisiting our cradle, rebuilding our nation: The place of ethics and values in national rebirth
I am not a believer in coincidence; I am more inclined to believe that our lives’ steps are ordered by the Infinite Intelligence that we all call God, and so in my own case, my date with Destiny took place one afternoon according to my father when a customer in the person of Pa Enoch O. Dare walked into my father’s shop in Akure to buy books, and his first encounter with my father changed the course of my life.
Obasanjo, Amosun commend ex-NSCDC boss, Abolurin
ABEOKUTA—Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that lack of continuity is one of the banes of Nigeria’s development.
Cultists kill night club staff over bill
OWERRI—A gang of hoodlums, Monday night, stormed a popular night club (names withheld) in World Bank Housing Estate, New Owerri, killing a staff for daring to challenge them over an unpaid bill.
AAG: Igali promises to deliver 6 gold medals
The President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali on Tuesday boasted that wrestlers will win not less than six gold medals at the upcoming 11th All Africa Games (AAG).
No digital migration without relevant legislation – XinXing Pang
Nigeria is a wonderful place to do business. Generally in the last five years the company has grown in leaps and bounds. We are today one of the largest in the pay digital TV market in the country. Currently our Digital Terrestrial Television, DTT, platform is in 46 locations at the moment.
