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By Emmanuel Udom Jesus Christ is the founder of the Christian religion. Born of a Virgin Mary over 2000 years ago, Jesus, the beloved son of God, came down to earth from heaven on a mission of liberating humanity from sin. More than 2000 years after he returned to heaven, writers, journalists, scholars, researchers and other interested persons have continued to speculate on whether or not our Saviour was a white or black man. Go to Google to read some of the expository and insightful articles and books on the complexion and mission of Jesus Christ on earth, which later

By Emmanuel Udom Are you a church founder or what is commonly known as a general overseer? Good enough if your answer to this very question is yes. This means you have followers or worshippers in your church. Yes, God is the chief security officer of our world, but we must work alongside God to ensure that our world with an estimated population of 7 billion people is saved and secured. Head or tail, you, your followers or worshippers, your assets and the properties in your church must not be tampered with by intruders. These intruders; kidnappers, terrorists, robbers, killers,

By Michael Owhoko, PhD Any Nigerian with a rational and open mind knows that the complexity of governance in Nigeria today is rooted in the country’s political system, which by any stretch of imagination and logic, is unsuitable for a heterogenous society like Nigeria with over 250 ethnic groups that is characterized by incompatible cultures, varied history, background and interests. These ethnic groups were hitherto independent nations that ceded their sovereignty to the Nigerian state under federalism, a political system that took cognizance of their peculiarities and agreed upon by the country’s founding fathers. But ever since this system was

By Dipo Olowookere Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has called on financial institutions in the country to provide adequate support to agro-processing companies. According to him, the decline in the foreign exchange earnings from crude oil is a clear pointer that attention must be shifted to the agriculture sector. Mr Emefiele, who spoke at the 13th annual banking and finance conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), stressed that the agriculture industry has the tendency of withstanding external shocks better than its oil counterpart. In view of this, he called on

By Modupe Gbadeyanka In 2018, the Nigerian economy will grow by 1.9 percent, higher than the 0.8 percent growth recorded in 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, November 08, 2018, Senior Resident Representative of IMF for Nigeria, Mr Amine Mati, explained that the rise will be buoyed by some pick-up in the non-oil economy. During his presentation of the Fall 2018 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, Mr Mati said further that average growth for the sub-Saharan Africa will hit 3.1 percent in 2018 from 2.7 percent in 2017. “The recovery is expected

By Dipo Olowookere On Monday, November 12, 2018, newest member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL) Plc, commenced the sale of its shares via initial public offering (IPO). The company plans to raise a total of N1.89 billion from the exercise, where a total of 406.1 million units of the company are up for sale at N4.65k per share. Lagos-based Vetiva Capital Management Limited and Cordros Capital Limited are acting as financial advisers to the deal, while Sigma Securities Limited, Apel Asset Limited, APT Securities and Funds Limited, City-Code Trust & Investment Company Limited, Dynamic

By Adedapo Adesanya The new plan being mulled by the federal government to ensure that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) becomes the sole tax collector in the country is making some experts raise eyebrows. The head of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, on Wednesday, said the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and 62 other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are not meant to collect revenue directly. “Ironically, our cost of collection is one of the highest, and the reason for that is that we’ve got all manners of agencies. The federal government alone

By Jerome-Mario Utomi When Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), was speaking on the topic Philanthropy and Development; Where are Africa’s Billionaires? at one of the high level seminars at the African Development Bank (AfDB) 2013 annual general meeting held at Marrakech, Morocco, he advised African billionaires to invest in developing Africa through what he tagged Africapitalism. He said this was the solution to Africa’s development need which should augment external aid, rather than allowing the continent to solely depend on foreign aids for its development needs. His submission generated some form of intra and cross arguments

By Adedapo Adesanya  Nigeria’s online brokerage firm, Bamboo, has announced that it has been issued a digital sub-broker license by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The new license will allow the company to operate in the Nigerian capital market as well as include Nigerian securities on its platform. SEC’s issuance of the license to Bamboo ensures oversight of the relationship with its sponsoring broker, Lambeth Capital, while also empowering it to enter into partnerships with multiple brokers to serve its clients. In addition, the license will also enable Bamboo to deepen its relationships with financial service providers to offer

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The existing robust partnership between the Lagos State Judiciary and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will continue, the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Olarenwaju Alogba, has assured. This assurance was given on Thursday when the Lagos zonal head of the EFCC, Mr AbdulRasheed Bawa, paid a courtesy visit to the Ikeja office of the judge. Mr Alogba said the judiciary will continue to support the fight against corruption and economic and financial crimes in the country, commending the EFCC’s efforts to rid Nigeria of corruption and encouraged the zonal head as well as the staff

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria is looking at the possibility of reducing its double-digit inflation rate to a single digit in the region of 9 percent in the near future, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, hinted on Tuesday. Mr Emefiele dropped this hint during an interview with Bloomberg TV in London. He, along with other delegates from Nigeria, are in the United Kingdom for a legal battle between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) over a court judgment of $9.6 billion against Nigeria. Mr Emefiele stated that the apex