O sogbo – Mr Segun Akinwusi,  the former Head of Service in Osun, has denied involvement in the procurement of N18.38 billion loan by the state government in 2010. The loan was obtained during the administration of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Akinwusi  made the denial in Osogbo on Tuesday while giving evidence before the panel of inquiry set […]

SO at the boardroom I told them the story and at the end of the meeting they asked what I was going to do. I told them there would be structural changes. “We must reward initiative,” I said. “It is not every day that we have a coup. But the man who can show self-sacrifice and can handle uncommon situations is a leader. Therefore, Segun becomes editor of the Daily Times.”

GOD is for leader writers, I am a reporter,” says a character in Graham Greene’s novel, The Quiet American. His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Osoba, a two time executive governor of Ogun State, the man whose monumental newspaper life is being celebrated in this book, might as well ascribe this quotation to himself and declare with all professional pride: “I am a reporter.”

It is safe to assert that it also reflects the fear of the central government to lose control of its over lordship of the country. The outcome is that the atomized states are saddled with important expenditure responsibilities, but the central government retains 52 percent of revenue accruing to the Federation account.

Zain Nigeria has unveiled another exciting consumer promo to reward its pre-paid customers as Nigerians across the country continue to celebrate the nation’s 50th Independence anniversary.

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Asutin Omiwon has challenged Japanese investors to look beyond arms-length and trading relationships with Nigeria by establishing manufacturing plants that will be beneficial to the oil, gas and solid minerals business in the Gulf of Guinea.

Cross River State government has signed the design agreement for the Calabar Riviera Resort with Island Style Homes Inc of Florida, USA. The Calabar Riviera Resort is jointly owned by the Cross River State Government and Vetiva Properties Limited.

Shareholders of FCMB Plc have unanimously endorsed the proposal by its Board of Directors to increase the share capital of the bank by 575 million shares.

Some stakeholders in the oil and gas industry on Wednesday challenged Mrs Deziani Allison-Madueke, the new Minister of Petroleum Resources, to formulate new investor-friendly policies in the sector.

The move comes as Daihatsu’s parent company, Toyota Motor Corp. battles to restore consumer confidence amid massive recalls. The world’s top automaker has recalled 8.5 million vehicles worldwide, including more than 6 million in the U.S. alone. Toyota owns about 51 percent of minicar maker Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd.

Sincerely speaking, I want to tender an unreserved apologia to my colleagues and all those who feel that my language is obscurantist. The truth is that I do not set out deliberately to mystify my audience, to deposit my audience in a portmanteau of indecipherability or in portmanteau of conundrum. No, no, no, no! Far from it.

THE amnesty programme created by the Federal Government may have failed as the fishing trawling sub-sector of the Nigerian economy has experienced an upsurge in attacks of fishing vessels.

The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Fola Daniel, has urged insurance operators to comply with the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) Policy and Operational Guidelines for 2010. Daniel said in Lagos on Wednesday that compliance was necessary because the guidelines would form part of the regulatory and supervisory tools for 2010.According to him, the guidelines are also meant to sanitise the industry and rid it of unethical practices.

In fact, there are very few things you do today without skills. Getting employment requires skills as you could confirm if you go through the advertisements in the newspapers. The companies ask for engineers, accountants, lawyers, secretaries, public relations practitioners, managers, administrators, drivers etc.

From childhood, trading became a way of life for me. I woke with it, spent the day at it, slept in its environment. In retrospect, my disposition to business seemed to have started from there