CBN sells $367m to boost forex supply

CBN sells $367m to boost forex supply

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, continued its intervention in the interbank foreign exchange market by selling another $367 million to meet forwards request of customers.
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Chuma Anosike Cricket Tournament bowls off tomorrow

Chuma Anosike Cricket Tournament bowls off tomorrow

Despite the lull being witnessed at the national level, busy times are here for cricket players in the South East zone as the 7th Chuma Anosike Cricket championship begins this week at the St Paul’s University Cricket Oval, Awka.

US power: Strategic geopolitics(2)

US power: Strategic geopolitics(2)

By Patrick Dele Cole THE role of the US in Iraq is rather unedifying. President Bush encouraged Saddam Hussein’s Iraq to attack Iran in a bitter war. He invited hundreds of Iraqi scientists to the US to train and research in nuclear technology. When Secretary of State, John Kerry said: “We can’t let politics and mythology […]

Troops destroy 80 illegal refineries in Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers

Troops destroy 80 illegal refineries in Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers

Authorities of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, yesterday, said that the special security forces have intensified raids on crude oil thieves with the destruction of 80 illegal refineries across Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.

Forum advocates implementation of BIM process

Forum advocates implementation of BIM process

Arising from a two-day national workshop on “Building Information Modelling (BIM): Concept, Application and Benefits in Projects Development” organised by the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) recently in PortHarcourt, Rivers state, participants at the workshop comprising built environment professionals and other stakeholders have called on the government at all levels to spearhead the implementation process of BIM through funding, development of BIM standard and promulgation of appropriate legislation. This was contained in a six-paragraph communique issued at the end of the two-day workshop.