Where terrorism and the war against it is concerned,some mainstream media in Nigeria are competing on at least four fronts. These contests, while they may be seen as typifying a robust media that is unencumbered by censorship, are growing to become a serious threat to the country. Some Media orgnizations are in a race among […]

THE Nigerian Army has explained that its action against Daily Trust yesterday,was because the media house revealed classified military information on war against terrorism,in the North East.

THE story published in a national newspaper on December 30, 2018 elaborated by pointing out that “The Federal Government-owned refineries lost N96.34bn in the first nine months of this year compared to N95.09bn in the whole of 2017.” Certainly, unless things have changed in the last quarter of 2018, the refineries alone would have thrown about N132bn down the drain by the time you are reading this article.

In business, the role luck plays in success and personal achievement is rarely discussed. If luck is mentioned, it is done with slight condescension, and usually dismissed as a product of hard work, not deserving significant attention. While hard work is paramount— and I have written extensively about the importance of working hard— history and my own experiences show that there is often a large element of success that hard work alone cannot explain. It is simply not true that “you make your own luck.”

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, is once again in the news, but this time for what many critics deem as all the wrong reasons. The umbrella body of university students in Nigeria is presently embroiled in a crisis that seriously threatens its existence. Though with a long history of activism based on students solidarity against the excesses of constituted authorities on campuses and the society at large, NANS appears to be tottering on a precipice of relevance as it continues to unravel due to certain prevailing circumstances.

KWALE—SUSPECTED cultists, weekend, allegedly battered a 23 year-old man to death at Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Assurance Nigeria Limited, Mr. Fatai Lawal in this interview urges citizens to secure their lives and property with insurance in an election year.

Ilorin—Father of one of the slain police officers, identified as Mrs Yemisi Makinde, nee Oyeyemi, killed during the April 5, 2018 Offa bank robbery in Kwara State reportedly died, weekend, in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.

Dr. Femi Oyetunji, Group Managing Director/CEO, Continental Reinsurance, CRe Plc, in this interview with Financial Vanguard, spoke on issues affecting the insurance and reinsurance business in Africa. Excerpts:

A SUMMARY of Professor Sam Aluko’s interview, in February 2004, with TAYO ODUNLAMI of The News magazine was published, in this column last week. In the first part of that interview, the distinguished Professor of Economics, responded to questions on the potential impact of Naira devaluation, fuel pricing, privatization and foreign investment.

KINSMEN of Senator George Akume on the platform of Jemgbagh Youth Alliance, JYA, have tongue lashed the former Governor for allegedly disparaging Governor Samuel Ortom and his administration in Jos during the campaign flag-off of Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, cash injection into the nation’s foreign exchange market rose by 118 percent to about $48 billion in 2018 from $22 billion in 2017.

INSURANCE operators are entering year 2019 with great optimism, hoping that the year will turn out better than 2018.

FORMER Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, is representing Ekiti South Senatorial District. Being a member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Caucus at the beginning of the 8th Senate, she was the deputy minority whip. She is now the Senate Minority Leader, the only female among the principal officers of the Senate. In this interview, Senator Olujimi speaks on the 2019 budget, why the National Assembly did not override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act amendment bill, and why PDP will win the 2019 polls among other issues.

Coalition of Opposition Political Parties, CUPP, said, yesterday, it would embark on mass protest on January 15 against the continued stay of Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris in office.