Prof Soyinka unveils 2016 Vision of the Child
THE Lagos State Government has commended Diamond Bank Plc for its leading role in championing the intellectual development of children and the growth of art in primary and secondary schools. Lagos state deputy governor,Dr Idiat Adebule stated this last week during the official announcement and unveiling of the 2016 Vision of the child painting and literary competition in Lagos. In an elaborate event at the Diamond Bank’s head office in Lagos, which was attended by Prof. Soyinka, Chief Nike Okundaye, Mr Victor Olaito, children from selected primary and secondary schools in Lagos, teachers,
Green Revolution? Agricultural policies in Africa could be harming the poorest
Agricultural policies aimed at alleviating poverty in Africa could be making things worse, according to research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).Published this month in the journal World Development, the study finds that so-called ‘green revo…
To borrow or not to borrow
President Muhammed Buhari’s is proposing to spend over N6trillion in the 2016 Appropriation bill, even though government ‘reasonably’ expects to earn about N3.8trillion as revenue. Indeed, according to the budget proposals, N984bn will be borrowed in Naira from personal and corporate holders of surplus cash to fund the shortfall, while $4.5b (N900bn) will also be borrowed from the international market at the current exchange rate of about N200= $1 and prevailing commercial interest rates will apply.
BIAFRA: Linking us with ship hijack, plot to detain Kanu indefinitely —IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government of plotting indefinite incarceration of its detained leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu and other IPOB detainees with its recent linking of the group with the alleged seizure and threat to blow up a merchant ship.
17 die in Lagos-Ibadan road accident
Ibadan—NO fewer than 17 persons have been confirmed dead, while 79 others were seriously injured in an auto crash that occurred on Lagos-Ibadan expressway yesterday.
NBA, others condemn Ricky Tarfa’s arrest by EFCC
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and senior lawyers in the country, have condemned the recent arrest and continued detention of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey-Tarfa, SAN, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, since Friday without releasing him on bail.
