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  • Third Mainland Bridge to be opened on November 6

    Relief has finally come to motorists who ply Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. All sections of the bridge will be open to traffic from Tuesday, November 6 this year as scheduled by the contractor, Borini Prono. The bridge...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Expert calls on banks to implement Basel II Accord

    In a bid to ensure the soundness and prevent future collapse of the financial system, both the listed banks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and unlisted banks operating in the country have been charged to implement...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • World Bank Moves to Cut down Flaring by 30%

    The World Bank has called on oil producers, both countries and companies, to cut down natural gas flaring by 30 per cent by the year 2017. This declaration was made by the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Expatriates to Dominate Aviation Sector for Next 10 Years

    The Nigerian aviation sector is dominated by expatriates engaged as pilots and engineers and it has been like that for decades. The situation will not change for the next decade unless Nigeria decides to train about 1,200...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • FG to Issue First 50 million ID cards Free

    The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has promised Nigerians that the Federal Government (FG) will bear the cost of providing the first 50million national identity cards.   This declaration was made by the Director-General, National Identity Management...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Ribadu Report: Presidency Embarrassed by Report Details Leaked to Media

      Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati has said the leakage of the Ribadu report to the media was an attempt to embarrass the Federal Government. Abati avoided the pertinent issues contained in the document...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Innovation Prize for Africa Announces Deadline Extension for $100,000 Prize

    Due to the high demand from African innovators, The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) announced the extension of the deadline for submitting entries to the Innovation Prize for Africa...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Emperor Amaechi’s New Jet

    Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has had a rough couple of weeks. It started with the murderous villagers in the Aluu community and their wickedness in cutting short the life of four University of Port Harcourt students...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Leaked Nuhu Ribadu report exposes rot in Nigeria’s oil sector

    A total of $183m in signature bonuses paid by oil companies to the federation is missing, according to a confidential report seen by the Reuters news agency. Nigeria may also have lost $29billion in the last decade...

    • Posted October 25, 2012
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  • “We will have the financial resources to compete in two years” – Excerpts from Arsenal’s AGM

    Arsenal will be able to compete with the world’s biggest and best clubs as UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations become more rigorously enforced, chief executive Ivan Gazidis told shareholders at the Gunners’ annual general meeting on Thursday...

    • Posted October 25, 2012
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  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic moves into €10,000-a-week home

    Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has finally found a home in France after several months of searching, and will move to an address in Versailles. The Sweden international, on a salary of €14 million a year at...

    • Posted October 25, 2012
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  • Visafone Nigeria introduces Blackberry Services on their CDMA network

    The word on the street is that Visafone in Nigeria are introducing BlackBerry Services onto their CDMA network and they are kicking things off with three models – the BlackBerry Bold 9330, BlackBerry Curve 9310 and the...

    • Posted October 25, 2012
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  • Ottoabasi Abasiekong: Government And Job Creation (1)

    Is it the role of Government to create Jobs? This is one question which has played over the decades in the political economic framework of Nations, Politicians trying to play ‘Superman’ make promises while campaigning that when...

    • Posted October 25, 2012
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  • Ottoabasi Abasiekong: Politics And The State (15)

    Well politics across the globe is getting interesting and exciting by the day, it was once again a great opportunity for Africa’s most populous black nation Nigeria to prove that its electoral process is progressing, when Ondo...

    • Posted October 25, 2012
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