One cannot be certain whether Nigerians would celebrate or decry the recent Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to reduce the existing limit on the usage abroad of Naira denominated cards from $150,000 to $50,000 per annum, per person. Nonetheless, the directive to banks in CBN’s circular of April 13,2015, may mean nothing to possibly over 98% of our country men, who have never seen the inside of an aeroplane.

A total of 1, 219, 052 jobs were created in the Nigerian economy by both public and private sectors in the year 2014. The figures as contained in the latest estimate of jobs creation report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows a marginal increase of 4.5 per cent against the total 1,163, 766 jobs created in 2013.

Bajaj Auto Limited, manufacturers of two- and three- wheelers, has rewarded some Nigerian Mechanics for outstanding performances in its maiden “Speed to Lead Contest” on fastest person to disassemble and assemble the Bajaj RE4s Engine and responding to series of questions.

THE out-going Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the in-coming ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have the same DNA. They are siblings of the same parentage. When party politics was re-introduced by the departing military regime in 1998, the bulk of politicians decided to establish a mega party, the PDP. Shortly after, there was a migration by a dissatisfied group, and the All Peoples Party (APP) was founded.

I PARTICIPATED in the coverage of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Lagos on March 28th 2015. The election was an unqualified success because everything the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) put in place worked according to plan.