Perhaps in response to recent BusinessDay reports on high lending rates and the widening gap between banks’ deposit and lending rates in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a task
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Currency tinkering: Outlook for Nigerian economy
September 3, 2012 Comment Off 786 Views5000 naira Once again, Nigeria is in the throes, as it were, of another currency tinkering, except that this time it is in the realm of currency redesigning and new addition. In recent memory,
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Technical talent and Nigeria’s economic growth
September 3, 2012 Comment Off 84 ViewsTalk that the Nigerian economy is bereft of growth abounds among industry stakeholders. It is one issue that is so strongly debated that sceptics cannot be flawed any day. But such talk erroneously
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Lagos to rebuild Ilasa pedestrian bridge – Nigerian Tribune
September 2, 2012 Comment Off 329 ViewsIlasamaja Pedestrian Bridge The falling pedestrian bridge located at Ilasamaja, on Apapa-Osodi Expressway, is to be replaced as Lagos State government has awarded the contract to Messrs PW Nig.
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I warned Agunloye against leaving ACN
September 2, 2012 Comment Off 71 ViewsHon. Femi Adekanmbi, a one-time candidate for the House of Representatives in Ondo State has seen the rough side of politics. He told the nation at the weekend that he had been kidnapped and shot
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Country’s Unending and Fruitless Debates while real issues are never tackled
September 2, 2012 Comment Off 46 ViewsGoing by the frequency of debates in Nigeria, arguing back and forth over an issue is now a visible aspect of the nation's culture. Not long ago, those in favour or against the introduction of
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NTDC Launches Pictorial Guide Book on Nigeria
September 2, 2012 Comment Off 65 ViewsThe Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), last Thursday launched a book capturing Nigeria's cultural festivals, destinations, arts and craft, historical monuments and national heroes, all
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I Chose a Company That Offered Me Less Pay… It Turned Out a Wise Choice
September 1, 2012 Comment Off 91 ViewsIt's hard to think of Nigeria's embrace of the GSM technology and the revolution it unleashed in our lives without thinking of Ernest Ndukwe, the engineer whose scrupulous handling of the first
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$15m Ibori bribe sum: Twist in ownership saga
September 1, 2012 Comment Off 79 ViewsAndy Uba The drama over the ownership of the $15 million allegedly offered as bribe to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, got more
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UK Firm To Build N500m Bulb Factory In Nigeria
August 31, 2012 Comment Off 96 ViewsA United Kingdom-based company, Dyode Limited, has said that it plans to build a N500million factory in Nigeria for the manufacture of energy-saving bulbs. The management of the company at a
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