A uniform logo that will enable Nigerians to easily identify registered microfinance banks, MfBs, will soon be introduced, an official of the bank’s association, has said.

Managing Director, Arik Air, Mr Chris Ndulue has revealed that the airline is the first commercial airline in over 20 years to operate a brand new aircraft in Nigeria. Mr Ndulue made this revelation during the 6th anniversary celebration of the airline at its corporate headquarters in Lagos.

Last week, Mrs Funke Osibodu who was drafted by the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in August 2009 to rescue Union Bank completed her assignment. She had a valedictory interactive session with the media where she outlined the spirited efforts put up by her team of rescuers to bring the bank back to life. Today she said the bank is not just big, strong, but more reliable than before.

The era of Ministries,Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Lagos State spending budgetary allocations without proper monitoring may have gone for good as measures are being put in place to verify all the claims of government parastatals in the state.

As the Roman Historian, Plutarch (AD 46-120?) had noted “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” Given their corrupt and greedy lifestyles, Nigeria’s leaders do not seem to care about integrity or moral values. They are good at predicting the future without creating it. As Peter Drucker has observed “If you want to predict the future, create it.”