The desperation on the part of many Nigerians to travel out of the country is believed to have reached an alarming level in recent times.

THE statement by the president; of China, Hu Jinato that “Chinese people are rich and confident” on the occasion of that country’s 60th anniversary on October 1, 2009 may seem unrealistic to many people. However, a visit to the country will open the eyes of anyone to the reality of the statement by Hu.

FOR those who know him, activism is his life. Whatever he does, he does with passion. He may not be tiny but describing him as being on the skinny side would be more appropriate – his shirt size would be 15 and a half. We are talking about Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sanusi’s belief in the Nigerian state is unbelievable. He proved that much when he visited Vanguard’s corporate headquarters in Lagos last Thursday.

MANKIND before Calvary, that is, mankind made up of Jews and Gentiles were under the sentence of death, awaiting the execution of the sentence passed on them by a just God. Mankind declared guilty of a capital offence could not and cannot seek justification in the sight of God by any post-judgment doing of the law. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God…Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in (God’s) sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:23,20).

A renowned author once said; “Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone…If you want to be rich, then you need to become financially literate.”