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Re-visiting the Nigerian textile industry
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Weathering the Storm
Since the announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy from petrol by President Goodluck Jonathan which generated a lot of anger and protests all over the country, Nigerians now have to buy the product at the pump price of N97 per litre from its previ...
War-ready Nollywood embraces Cinemas
With pirates breathing down its neck, Nollywood as an industry, revels at the fact that it recently overtook Hollywood as the world's second leading producer of movies behind India's Bollywood. According to a survey conducted by the UNESCO Ins...
Nigerian banks: Still under the crusher's hammer
There is no doubt that the Nigerian banking sector has been hit hard in recent time by its dubious operators and the harsh regulatory policies. The peak point of the financial sector crises was witnessed in 2009 when nine of the widely acclaimed mega...
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Stakeholders call for full implementation of subsidy report
Reactions have continued to trail the report of Mr. Farouk Lawan led House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on fuel subsidy regime management, as some stakeholders in the industry are calling for the full implementation of the subsidy report. Head...
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Issues arising from the Access Bank acquisition of Intercontinental Bank
The recent public hearing on the near collapse of the Nigerian Capital Market has exposed startling facts, probably manipulations in the acquisition of Intercontinental Bank by Access Bank.
The Commissioner (Operations) of Securities and Exchange Comm...
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Influx Of Tacky China Products
From little personal consumables such as ear-phones to minor household items like the electric stoves, down to heavy industrial machineries, China has come to mean more than just a name in the Nigerian market.
Not many Nigerians will claim ignorance o...
Mentoring: Vital For Small Business Survival
Mentoring assumes a new role as more SMEs seize such avenues to grow business.
Mentoring is helping start-ups in business to know how to run their business better. It has to with one-on-one relationship which helps budding entrepreneurs to learn and d...
Match-fixing, a killer Phenomena
Match-fixing involves fixing the final result of a game. It can also involve fixing small events within a match which can be gambled upon and may have negligible bearing on the final result of the game.
The existence of match fixing, p...
Trailing history from the Museum
Henrich Rudolf was 10 when the 30-month Nigerian Civil War began in 1967. But the laxity with which the German newscaster delivered the news then of children dying of starvation, villages burnt, lives lost made him sick, even as a lad. For him, the n...
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Free Trade Zones: Achieving Nigerian or Chinese dream?
Foreign direct investment has always been a challenge and it is even more difficult with the economic downturn facing Europe and the slow recovery being experienced by the United States economy. But in Africa and especially Nigeria, free trade zones ...
PHCN: Counting The Days
As FG sets to wind up the operations of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, by the first quarter of 2012, there are controversies over the sale of successor companies
The Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has announced that the Federal Gove...
Israel Vs Palestine: The UN Assembly Showdown
The desire of the Palestine people to have a state of their own was once again presented before the General Assembly of the United Nations, but it appears the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, PLO's desire may be a long way away from home.
“The goa...
Re-visiting the Nigerian textile industry
The foremost textile mill in Nigeria, the Kaduna Textile Mill, started operations in 1956 in Kaduna. According to available data, by 1987 the Nigerian textile market had grown to be the third largest in Africa, attracting investment from India and Ch...
The rule of law and the internet
The fact that the Internet has become the imposing phenomenon of the modern era is no longer news. What appears to be news is how it is defining the way we live, work, learn, share and govern. Talking about governance, I will be focusing on the rule ...
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Corruption is a crime against humanity
Killing and maiming whether under the guise of war or genocide is only a small portion of the human story in Africa. The world is beginning to wake up to the fact that in addition to war, the African continent is held down by the enormous weight of c...
No respite in sight
In the July 2011 University rankings in the world, no Nigerian university was rated among the top 5000 universities in the world. While some African universities made steady progress up the ladder, with South African universities — University of Cape...
Nigeria's Health Sector In Need Of Bail Out
The health sector has suffered many setbacks in service delivery and in a bid to revive the sector, the National Health Bill was initiated, but how far will this go.
In the last few months, strike was quite the most common thing in the Nigerian health...
Students protest renaming of UNILAG
The Federal Government on the 29 May, 2012 directed that the University of Lagos be renamed Moshood Abiola University in honour of Chief M.K.O. Abiola's accomplishment and heroism.
President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this in his Demo...
Law
Bring The Soldiers To Justice
Position and Demand
The CLEEN Foundation’s position and demand on the recent gruesome killing of three senior police officers by soldiers in Badagry are that:
- The new government of President Jonathan shouldfish out the perpetrators and bring them to ju...
Economy News
Battle For Nigeria's Beer Market
The beer market is growing by around 7 percent in volume terms a year yet consumption per capital remains low in comparison to many international markets.
The battle for share of Nigeria's robust beer market kick-started by the entry of SABMiller of S...
Use The Military For Boko Haram Crises-Nigerians
Use the Military for Boko Haram crises - Nigerians
Nigerians want soldiers deployed to hinterlands to deal with Boko Haram militants.
As the State Security Service arrests two, Babagan Kwalijima and Babagana Mali and declares Mamman Nur, described as ...
Anniversary of Darkness, Insecurity & Hope
Despite the gains reeled out by Dr Goodluck Jonathan during his national broadcast to mark Democracy Day, CHRIS EZE TAKES a hard look at developments in the country and the speech and concludes that it is a mixed bag of darkness, insecurity and glimp...
South-South Zone Setting the pace for strong Regional Economic Development
The South-South Economic Summit rolled out a catalogue of demands that, if met, could set the region on the path to economic transformation. The South-South geo-political zone, a recent creation of the military under the leadership of late General S...
Securing Food Prices
Stakeholders, Consumers, others, worry over the increasing cost of food prices .
At the wake of the third month this year, Nigerians woke up to the fact that the price of bread had gone up by 10 per cent. Players in the bakery industry under the auspic...
Budget News
Transparency, Mr. President, Not Subsidy Removal
As the battle line appears drawn between advocates of the withdrawal of fuel subsidy and those opposed to it, observers are calling on the federal government to concentrate more on reducing corruption than removing subsidy.
The recent revelation of th...
Reports
Virtual Office: Smart, Innovative, Inexpensive
In a seemingly brand oriented nation as ours, image has become everything. A home office is a convenient place to work but is not always the most productive. Let’s take a look at what gives you the flexibility to drop in and use a private office when...
40 Babies Delivered in NYSC Camp
Officials of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, found themselves in an awkward situation when 40 female of a total of 2,423 members deployed to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camp in Oyo State for 2011 Batch 'A' Orientation programme go...
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The Private Sector: Catalysts For Economic Transformation
Embracing global best practices, tackling socio economic issues and facilitating policy dialogue, analyst says are expected to be the hallmark of Nigeria’s transformation agenda.
Generally, the private sector is regarded as the major driver of any cou...
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