Banking
Naira Loses 85% of Value In Two Years – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria says the naira has lost about 85 per cent of its value in the last two years and there is a need for risks managers in banks to be on […]
Year: 2016
Banking
CBN Slashes Dollar Supply To BDCs By 46% | Vanguard
The Naira has come under fresh pressure in the parallel market having depreciated to N473 per dollar following the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to slash dollar sales to Bureaux De Change […]
Issues/Policy
Military Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing—IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its Directorate of State, DOS, yesterday, alleged that the military is involved in ethnic cleansing against the people of South-East and Biafrans in general in the name of […]
Politics
Why PDP Lost Ondo – Kashamu
Senator Buruji Kashamu on Sunday explained why his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, lost the Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election to the All Progressives Congress. The senator also crticised the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National […]
Issues/Policy
High Cost of Borrowing: Who Is Fooling Who? By Henry Boyo
Economic Renaissance by Henry Boyo, lesleba@lesleba.com 08052201997 The CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee decided, at its meeting last week, to retain critical monetary instruments, at levels that will discourage access to cheaper credit, particularly to operators […]
Politics
How Can Nigeria Curb Buying of Votes During Elections? | Punch
There are electoral laws regulating such practice. But these provisions are not sufficiently enforced. Our elections ought not to be a product of conspiracy defined by cash-and-carry democracy. We should let the popular will to […]
Religion
How American Christianity Betrayed God In The American Election, By Adeolu Ademoyo
When we all – Native Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans, Asian Americans etc – are in the bus on any of our Christian retreats, singing joyously about Christ salvation and our […]
Banking
Is the Central Bank Driving Prices Up?, By Uddin Ifeanyi
If the new monies pumped into the economy have not driven increases in output or productivity, did they simply run after the dollar, pushing up domestic prices in the process? If the answer to this […]
Health
How British American Tobacco Made Us Sick, Then Dismissed Us – Former Employees
One sunny afternoon in April 2015, a Human Resource attaché escorted Folarin Shamsudeen from his office to the gate of the British American Tobacco company in Ibadan, Oyo State. It was Mr. Shamsudeen’s last day […]
Politics
Not sticking together: Why Did Women Ignore The Hate Speech Against Hillary Clinton?
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Polls indicate that one demographic slice instrumental in electing Donald Trump was white women. Indeed, 53 percent of white women cast their votes […]
Issues/Policy
Re-Inventing The Kaduna Mafia By Muyiwa Sowemimo
Political observers hardly expected President Muhammadu Buhari (abbreviated to PMB) to follow a right wing Conservative approach. Yes, as a previous military service man, in his younger days, PMB made name for himself as a […]
Video
Theresa May Says Her Christian Faith Helps Her Make Difficult Decisions
heresa Mayhas said her Christian faith helps her make difficult decisions as she revealed her husband Philip picks her clothes and handbags when she goes shopping. The Prime Minister said her belief in God means […]
Issues/Policy
Al-Mustapha, At Ojukwu’s Memorial, Counsels Igbo Unity By Chidi Nkwopara
Igbo have been advised to remain united and face their common problems with equanimity. Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd) former chief security officer, CSO, to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, made the appeal, […]
Issues/Policy
June 12: MKO Kept Us In The Dark In His Deal With Abacha To Take-Over – Tony Anenih By Chris Ochayi
ABUJA – A former Chairman of Board of trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, has said that the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo […]
Economy
Fighting Corruption And Economic Recession By Denja Yaqub
The current economic crisis, an exposé on the predicted disabilities and inhuman dispositions of neo liberal policies, especially its role in developing economies just as it is in all sectors, seem to be one that […]
Video
Why I’m Quitting Partisan Politics – Anenih
FORMER Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, has retired from partisan politics, saying he has no point to prove any longer. Anenih, 83, who announced […]
CRIME
The Rise And Rise of Kidnapping By Muyiwa Adetiba
Ms Donu Kogbara, a journalist and activist, was recently kidnapped and released. Last week, a very readable account of her two weeks sojourn in the den of her abductors went viral. I happened to have […]
Health
Believe It Or Not, Use Frozen Lemons And Say Goodbye To Diabetes, Tumors and Overweight
Saying that lemons are a superfood is an understatement. Not only do they add abundant flavor to a variety of dishes, but they also boast a ton of health benefits. The flavonoids within the juice […]
Issues/Policy
How Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long?
Fidel Castro’s death came more than a decade after the Cuban revolutionary and authoritarian first handed power to his brother Raul during a severe illness. Castro resigned permanently in 2008, prompting then-President George W. Bush […]
Issues/Policy
Transform Depression and Anxiety to Happiness With These 7 Simple Steps
Feeling depressed about your future? Is anxiety keeping you from enjoying your life? Strong negative emotions can smother the joy and happiness that’s always inside you. While neither of these feelings can be turned off […]