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NDIC-CBN tangle, let the interest of  depositors prevail

NDIC-CBN tangle, let the interest of depositors prevail

LAST week the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) was at the public hearing organised by Senate Committee on Banking and Finance to defend its quest for amendments of its 2006 Act to make it more effective in serving depositors’ interest. It met with resistance from an unlikely quarter—the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Web of apologies in Edo

Web of apologies in Edo

ORDINARILY, an apology is the act of declaring ones regret or remorse or sorrow for having wronged another. Curiously, Edo State has in recent times been inundated by unsolicited apologies. First, it was Chief Frank Erewele who apologized during a Television programme for the role he played in facilitating the election of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as Governor of Edo State in 2007.

A child of destiny

A child of destiny

THE ways of nature and man are unfathomable, deep and endless. The more we try to find meaning to life, the more it pushes us into deeper search and it goes on and on.

Desperation: The Bayelsa example

Desperation: The Bayelsa example

ON March 6, the Supreme Court put paid to the ambition of Timepre Silva to upturn the democratic process which saw Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson succeed him as governor in 2012. Sylva had sought to set aside an earlier judgement by the same apex court on his quest to be recognised as the candidate of the PDP vide the primary election of 2012.

Jonathan and the angry Nigerian youths

Jonathan and the angry Nigerian youths

NEVER has the power to determine who becomes Nigeria’s next president been at the behest of Nigerian youths more than now. Let me explain why:Nigerian demographic records indicate that over half of Nigerian population, perhaps 60% is comprised of youths (18-35) so the bulk of voters are the youths. In this new age of social/new media,the youths matter because they are the most adept and savvy at using it to mobilize support for or against a candidate and available records indicate that over 40% of Nigerian youths are unemployed and hungry. As the saying goes ‘A hungry man is an angry man’