By KADIRI ABDULRAHMAN – As most Nigerians continue to decry the increasing public debt stock of Federal Government, others look at the lucrative investment opportunities in some of the debt instruments. These debt instruments refer to the various Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Securities, which make up the local...
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By LUCAS BARASA Kenya’s General Election may have delivered a lower turnout than previous ones, but it still portrays a changing political matrix in the country where tribe used to play a major role in the polls. The presidential election pitting Kenya Kwanza Alliance led by Deputy President William...
Kenya will hold its general election on 9 August in a major test of stability in a country where elections are frequently marred by allegations of fraud and ethnic and politically motivated violence. The worst example of this was the 2007 elections in which at least 1 100 people were...
By JACOB KUBEKA – With barely 10 days to the Governorship election in Osun state, South-West Nigeria, there are fears that the activities of cultists and political thugs in some local government areas could threaten the peaceful and credible conduct of the election, if not contained. This warning is...
Since his appointment as MD/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited in 2016, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has completely transformed the financial institution and has made it attractive to every strata of the society. From an institution that used to be perceived as an old-generation bank, FirstBank is now a...
By STEPHEN EZENDIARU –After taking an analytical look of all the contestants for the exalted position of chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forth coming national convention of the party, it is quite easy to come to some conclusions. First, that Senator Mohammed Sani Musa is...
Access to electricity, no doubt, is a catalyst for any nation in its drive for industrialisation. The importance of power to socio-economic development, creating myriad of opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to thrive, cannot be overemphasised. For a nation like Nigeria where MSMEs constitute a large...
By IBRAHIM MUHAMMED – The news of suspension of flight from Nigeria by Saudi Arabia General authority of civil aviation came as a shock and an unexpected development at this particular period of time. There are many factors being ascribed to the reason for the suspension of flight by...
At the Dubai Air Show, Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopian Airlines that will help the airline to bring cost savings to its maintenance operations with Boeing’s 787 landing gear exchange program. “As the fastest growing airline in Africa, much of our success depends on our ability...