Getting Governor Emeka Ihedioha to speak on what he inherited from his predecessor, has been problematic in the past one month, for very obvious reasons, which includes but not limited to the initial non-handover by Rochas Okorocha. However, the Seventh Annual Professor C.O.E. Onwuliri Memorial Lecture, provided the first opportunity, since assuming office, to address some of the state’s challenges and prospects. Excerpts, as captured by Vanguard’s Chidi Nkwopara.

As the Federal Government proposes Ruga settlements in various states of the country for herders, the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has submitted a proposal for a draft bill for the federation of South East states of Abia, Anambra , Ebonyi, Imo and Enugu.

By Etop Ekanem The management of Halogen Security Company Limited, Nigeria’s foremost security risk solutions company, has concluded plans to formally unveil details of its transformation into a digital group, offering technology centred security risk solutions. The brand launch event, which is scheduled for Friday, July 5 in Lagos, is expected to attract Halogen’s top […]

Victor Ogunyinka “…But you can see that I have inconvenienced you by the demolition that has taken place here. It is temporal. In the next 10 months by the grace of God, we will deliver this project by November 2018,” Akinwunmi Ambode said. Those were the words of the former Lagos State governor during an […]

 Professor Pat Utomi in his recent book WHY NOT? Had written at length about how Banking Consolidation under Professor Charles (now Chukwumah) Soludo had ruined Nigeria’s banking sector for decades to come. Utomi had faulted what I later named Con-Soludo-tion (because it turned out to be a costly scam) largely on the grounds that imposing a “one size fits all” policy was not advisable. I totally agree with Pat because there is no fast growing economy in the world that has adopted that straight jacket approach to its banking sector.