By Ochereome Nnanna LAST Friday, September 18, 2009, most Nigerian newspapers led with the bone-chilling disclosure by the State Security Services (SSS) of a plot to kidnap two ministers, collect ransom and kill one of them. The ministers were Dr. Sam Egwu (Education) and Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (Labour and Productivity). Three students of the University […]

By Les Leba Most of our people would recognize the role of commercial banks as custodians of our savings, but probably much less are in reality acquainted with the role of banks as lenders to individuals as well as corporations. This is not surprising as possibly less than 10% of our estimated population of 150m […]

Thereis increasing polarization of views about what they gave us and what we want. They refers to those who have governed this country, and we refers to the people, the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The bone of contention is the Constitution in the context of what amendments the National Assembly wants to undertake and how qualified they are to do so.

It’s a sound argument that every living thing has a home. For plants, it’s a special terrain, climate and atmosphere that determine the location of the home. For animals it’s more or less the same, you can be a hot weather species or cold one, you could inhabit the deep or the land but a home to a human being is a lot more different.

BUT then, why should a bank give out billions of naira in unsecured loans? Why should top bank officials abuse their privileged positions by using tricks to approve huge loans to themselves and their cronies without adequate security backing?

OLD age touches us all, for, if we’re not yet of that range, we have parents, grandparents, and relatives who are. So, old age should be of some concern to everyone. I was glad to receive a few responses from young people, among the many I got, understandably, from the middle-aged and the elderly.

Women! Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Honourable Member of the House of Representatives and former (?) media personality, led the chorus and the whole house joined in.

The marital heartbeat within our Diasporan community is on life support. It has been afflicted by several ailments- ailments that have left it enfeebled, emaciated and lacking all the nourishing nutrients for a healthy life.

If you know what I mean. Just round the corner, someone else tried to take that same next step but couldn’t. The same step that led one into promotion just might be the same to take another to the grave. If we do reflect on these facts, there would be less pride, bragging and arrogance all around us.

It is not funny that four months on, public tertiary educational institutions in the country have remained shut because of the action and inaction of ASUU and the Federal Government.