HATE-filled ethnocentrism is rupturing the Nigeria state. Instead of dialogue and mutual understanding, Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities are locked in belligerence and brinkmanship.

Eleven years after Bakassi Peninsula was formally ceded by the Nigerian Government to Cameroun, the displaced indigenes of Bakassi have continued to lament the hardship, neglect and anguish which the unfortunate incident foisted on them. Many have lost any sense of belonging as neither the Nigerian Government nor the Camerounian Government identifies with their plight.

THE struggles and contributions of our nationalists towards the attainment of the country’s independence cannot be quantified or measured.

In a bid to build entrepreneurship and reduce unemployment, Lafarge Africa and Cuso International said they have collaborated to provide grants worth N10 million to 50 youths in their host communities in Cross River State.

Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is set to commence a lecture series in furtherance of its commitment to boost the drive for funding of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria.

The vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed happiness over the emergence of Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain, saying it was a happy climax to what appeared to be a major leadership issue, with a lesson that contestants should sort out their problems without resorting to something unpleasant.

Members of Staff of Defunct Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project, HYPREP have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the nonpayment of their outstanding salaries, noting that after the approval he made on June 2018 for them to be paid, the ministry of Environment has refused to pay them.

Ozibo Ozibo, a political reporter with Daily Trust newspaper, Abuja, has been selected as one of the six recipients of Michigan State University’s merit-based PhD scholarship in African Studies for the 2019 Fall Semester, beginning August 16.

ABUJA—ON a day  the Senate made a U-turn on its vow to ensure thorough screening of all ministerial nominees, including former senators, there was an uproar in the upper chamber over the exclusion of an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja in President Muhammadu Buhari’s 43-man list.

The Bank of Industry (BOI), reputed to be Nigeria’s oldest development financing institution, commenced operations as Investment Corporation of Nigeria (ICON) in 1959, incorporated as Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) in 1964 and later reconstructed into BoI in 2001.

Most marriages conducted in religious houses in Nigeria could be deemed illegal as the  Federal Government has disclosed that most worship centres conducting marriages in the country lack the license to do so under the statutory Marriage Act.

The trio of Sylva, Lokpobiri and Aganaba are nursing the ambition of clinching the APC ticket. While Lokpobiri and Aganaba have publicly declared interest to occupy the coveted Creek Haven with the former going ahead to pick the expression of interest and nomination forms to underscore his seriousness, Sylva on the other hand has not openly declared his intention to contest the race

IN its bid to promote and celebrate Africa’s indigenous filmmakers, Lekki International Film Festival, last week at its maiden edition, honoured many Nigerian filmmakers and producers. Among them were veteran cinematographers, Tade Ogidan and Lancelot Imaseun, and others who emerged winners from a shortlist of 15 films; which had two films produced by London-based cinematographers.

I SAY, if you are one of those who think that the Red Chambers in the National Assembly is a retirement home for former state governors, you better have a rethink.

A former Commissioner for Commerce & Industry, Enugu State and an International Trade Consultant based in the United States of America, Dr. Jude Akubuilo, has said the launch of XIREA Apparels manufacturing company will help cushion the menace of apparel importation in Nigeria.