Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced that it had programmed to bring in two cargoes of petrol per day for the rest of this month in order to boost supply and eradicate the fuel queues that had resurfaced in many cities across the country. It said each of the cargoes […]
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The planned borrowing of $2.5bn from foreign sources will not increase the nation’s total debt commitment, the Debt Management Office has assured Nigerians. The DMO, which gave the assurance in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said the debt would rather save the country N64bn per annum […]
UNWIELDY, disorganised and vulnerable to security breaches, Nigeria’s data landscape needs to be streamlined. Thankfully, it seems the government has finally realised the dangers of proliferation of data. For some time, public and private organisations have been coercing the citizens into registering on their databases. Realising the noxious trend, the Federal Government has established an […]
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The leader of the Shi’ite sect in Sokoto State, Malam Kasim Rinintawaye, who died in Kano on Monday, has been buried in Sokoto. The deceased was said to have travelled to Abuja from Sokoto to participate in a protest for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim […]
Rancolonitis” is a new word you will understand as you read along. Sometimes, some experiences come to pass which we lack words to describe but which we love to give a name in order to record for posterity. The solution to such a problem as suggested by George Orwell in an article on ‘New words’ […]
’Tunji Ajibade tunjioa@yahoo.com 08036683657 Some of the things celebrated as major news amuse me. One of them is the noise about how China allegedly uses a computer to spy on African Member States at the African Union Commission. Back in 2012, possible planting of snooping devices was the first thing that crossed my mind when […]
Geographic information systems have been around for decades. These powerful mapping systems are able to integrate location-based data with a wide array of non-spatial information. Originally, they were specialised, expensive programmes managed by computer scientists for limited purposes. But now, Techopedia says they are cheaper and more efficient, and can be fully integrated with the […]
Soyombo Opeyemi, Abeokuta, Ogun State: Recently, on the premises of Government Science and Technical College, Abeokuta, the Ogun State Government in collaboration with Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea, inaugurated the Ogun State Technical Institute. According to the project consultant, Sina Fakeye, the partnership “is meant to enhance, renovate, improve, rebuild and equip the school (training centre) […]
The Executive Order signed by the President to improve local content in public procurement in the area of science, engineering and technology, is a good order that will have a positive effect on the Nigerian economy. I commend the President for signing Executive Order 5, this is the type of a comprehensive economic development order […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed English players are “maybe the masters now” after he was asked about diving in football, Skysports reports. Wenger was asked about the subject in his pre-match news conference before the north London derby against Tottenham. Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino recently claimed football is about “tricking the opponent” following claims […]
There’s nothing that makes you feel worse than applying for a much needed loan and having it rejected. If applying for a mortgage to buy a property, and you are rejected for the loan, it can be a heartbreaking experience. At some point in our lives, many of us are going to need to borrow […]
Fola Ojo willieojo@yahoo.com I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the touted number of Nigerians who live and do business all over the United States of America. A little over a million people, maybe. Thousands have sojourned here for as long as 50 years. Some came in as toddlers. Others as professionals. And a lot […]
Anna Okon A report by Agro Nigeria has alleged that there is a conspiracy against Nigeria’s palm oil sector. The report specifically fingered the Malaysian government’s decision to suspend export taxes on crude palm oil for three months from January this year. The move, according to government sources in Kuala Lumpur, is aimed at reducing […]
Ozioma Ubabukoh Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on multinational companies to create more job opportunities for Nigerians through sufficient investments in the country. The Vice President made the call on Thursday in Agbara, Ogun State, while inaugurating Nestle Nigeria’s Milo Ready-to-Drink beverage production plant, which costs N4.1bn. The new plant is part of the […]
DEONTAY WILDER says Anthony Joshua is a nobody in America — and must fight him across the pond to become a superstar, The Sun reports. World heavyweight champion Joshua has hinted he does not need to fight in the USA because British boxing is booming. And the 28-year-old British-born Nigeria suggested he would only consider […]
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria’s economy cannot grow without effective collaboration between the private and public sectors. He said this on Wednesday in Abeokuta when the National Executive Council and some members of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture paid him a courtesy visit at the […]
Sam Amadi During the week, the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, conducted one of his numerous leadership theatres or carnivals. He packed full the Heroes’ Square in Owerri, the state capital, with assorted human beings-politicians, “repentant militants” who are at best, criminals and schoolchildren. It was an event to celebrate Okorocha’s heroic disarming of […]
Ted Odogwu, Kano Some unknown persons have reportedly beheaded a mentally-deranged man, identified as Auwalu Magaji, at a tea shop in Tamburawa, Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. A security guard, Haladu Mohammed, said he, alongside others, found Magaji’s headless body at a Mai shai (tea joint) last Saturday at about 6am. He said, […]
Success Nwogu, Ilorin The Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund, Mr. Joseph Ari, and the Ilorin Office Manager, ITF, Mr. Simeon Ogbonna, have said that the ITF has empowered 11,000 Small and Medium Enterprises across the nation. This, they said, was achieved during the just concluded National Industrial Skills Development Programme. According to them, […]
Almost all the dog meat restaurants in South Korea’s Pyeongchang county, where the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony will be held on Friday, have defied a government request to stop serving the food, an official admitted on Thursday. South Koreans are believed to consume about one million dogs a year as a summertime delicacy, with […]
Anna Okon Members of the Organised Private Sector have faulted the property valuation/assessment being undertaken by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, describing it as double taxation. The OPS comprises the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The European Union on Thursday insisted that Nigeria must implement appropriate risk management measures and provide required guarantees before it could export dried beans to Europe. According to the EU, Nigeria must meet specified conditions before the ban will be lifted, but stated that it was supporting the country in the process […]
As part of the effort aimed at improving the accounting profession, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Caleb University under the Mutual Cooperation Agreement with Tertiary Institutions. The President, ICAN, Mallam Isma’lla Zakari, in his speech, said the agreement would allow 200 level undergraduates of the institution […]
Stanley Opara with agency report The Federal Government is planning to redeem N762.5bn ($2.5bn) worth of Treasury bills from the proceeds of its planned $2.5bn Eurobond, to lower borrowing costs for the government, Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has said. The country was expecting to save N64bn each year after it refinances the local bills with […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that an estimated 2.8 million school-age children affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States are in dire need of educational assistance. The agency, in a report titled 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for Nigeria, made available […]