WORRIED by incessant cases of kidnap on Obior-Igbodo Road, Delta State, the government has moved to rehabilitate bad portions of roads in the state to check the increased criminality on failed roads.

EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of recently commissioning projects not executed by his government in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, insisting that the projects commissioned were executed by external interventionist bodies.

The Supreme Court of Nigeria, weekend, confirmed a death sentenced passed on one Nonso Okeke, 11 years after he murdered one Chinwe Ofomatu in a robbery attack at Festac area of Lagos State.

Historically, the CBN has compulsively devalued the Naira to bridge increasingly widening gaps between official and parallel exchange rates, even when these gaps were caused by the obtusely contrived monopolistic market dynamics of demand and supply. It would undoubtedly create much discomfort for CBN Management if unrestrained dollar demand further pushes parallel market rates well above N300=$1; in such event, CBN may again unwittingly, jerk up the official rate above N300 and remove the embedded ‘subsidy’ from the official Naira exchange rate so as to raise the dollar price and discourage demand and hopefully also minimise the inherent rent seeking market opportunities.

Big Cola as crafty as it is entered the market with same price for increased bottle size, which sight eluded competition, a bait that invariably attracted patronage, because ‘consumers want more for less’, a well thought out strategic plan one would say, which paid off for the product. Whether this swoop on the market will last long is a question to be answered by managers of Big cola. Mind you, brand watchers ears are on the ground.