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Monday, 20 May 2013 12:36
Ombatse Sect Is a Terror Group – Al-Makura
Tanko Al-Makura, the governor of Nassarawa State, spoke on the threat of Ombatse and the crisis in the state By TAJUDEEN SULEIMAN What is the situation in Nasarawa State today? The security challenges we had to go through in the past two weeks have been harrowing. Before now people had lost control of their emotions because what happened was something that can never be imagined even in the wildest of dreams. So it took people by surprise; the enormity and the degree of disaster that occurred to the extent that people appeared despondent and helpless. But God has…
Monday, 20 May 2013 08:52
Jonathan’s Last Throw of the Dice
Left with no more options than to rein in Boko Haram the hard way, President Goodluck Jonathan plays the last card. Can he save Nigeria and his job? His four-day state visit to South Africa ended in an anticlimax on Thursday, May 9. When he received update from a top security aide while he was in South Africa, President Goodluck Jonathan was on the peak of his game as Nigeria’s number one diplomat. His speech in the South African parliament was judged world class. His business team was at last getting decent openings from global and continental players…
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:30
MNP Won’t Solve Problem of Poor Quality of Service – Gbenga Adebayo, chairman, ALTON
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Gbenga Adebayo, engineer and chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, is one of the respected voices in the Nigerian telecoms sector. About a year ago, when the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, stepped up efforts towards flagging off Mobile Number Portability, MNP, having earlier muted the idea sometime in 2006, Adebayo was one of those who welcomed the scheme, but argued that Nigeria was not ripe for it because of some prevailing situations in the country particularly, the recurrent and spontaneous shut down of base stations across the country. He also argued that the capacities of the networks…
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 10:47
Private Jet Boom: More Nigerians Fly in Style
In spite of the economic hardship in the country, a growing number of affluent citizens are acquiring private jets, whose present fleet surpasses the combined number of commercial aircraft in the country As a business executive, Robert Habjanic, director, After-Sales, Bombardier Business Jets, operates a very tight schedule. Therefore, for him, spending more than a day on a business trip means the stakes are really high. It was therefore instructive when Habjanic and his team spent four days in Nigeria to explore business opportunities and also attend a training workshop on Aviation and Space Law with the theme:…
Monday, 13 May 2013 16:26
The ‘Bull’ and His Business Empire
Michael Ishola Adenuga, chairman of Globacom, fondly called ‘The Bull’, has, against all odds, single-handedly charged his way to the top of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate spanning the critical sectors of the economy In and around the lounge on the ground floor of the Mike Adenuga Towers located on high-class Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria’s financial capital, the atmosphere was charged with excitement, Friday, May 3. That day, members of staff of Globacom, the indigenous telecoms giant, took the time off to roll out the drums to celebrate with Michael Adenuga Jnr, their chairman, who turned…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:17
Fuel Subsidy: Jonathan Got It Wrong – Kalu Idika Kalu
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Kalu Idika Kalu, who served Nigeria twice as minister of finance, is credited for setting the tone for some of the economic reforms in the country since 1985. As commissioner for finance in Imo State, during the military administration of General Ike Nwachukwu, he had prepared a document, which later became handy when General Ibrahim Babangida, former head of state, invited Kalu to serve at the federal level in 1985. Kalu later expounded his views, which centered on the abolition of the land use decree; adjustment of the exchange rate, the interest rate; capital debt management, privatisation and…
Tuesday, 07 May 2013 12:05
Food for All through Genetics
In the next three years, Nigeria hopes to join the league of nations that have attained food sufficiency through genetically modified crops, but not without first crossing some hurdles The midday savannah sun was almost at its peak, casting long flickering shadows over the dusty brick walls of a laboratory block inside the Institute of Agriculture Research, Zaria, Kaduna State, when professor Mohammed Ishiyaku, flanked by two associates, made a quick dash into one of the blocks. After meandering through a labyrinth of passageways, the molecular geneticists pulled his full frame to a halt at the doorstep…
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