BY BENJAMIN NJOKU If you have seen actress Ngozi Nwaosu recently, perhaps, two things are bound to engage your mind; one, that the actress has fallen on bad times and secondly, she has re-invented herself. Whichever way, you want to look at it, you may not be far from the truth. The initially robust-looking, yet fair-complexioned actress is at the…
After wowing Nigerians, especially movie buffs at a classy and well-attended world premiere, which held at posh and pristine Four Points, Lekki, Lagos, Vivian Ejike’s latest film, “A Private Storm’, is poised to storm cinemas nationwide. The big budget production from the stable of the multiple awards winning top female film producer, will sensationally saunter into cinemas on Friday, February…
By Lolade Sowoolu Which young person made the most remarkable contribution in 2010 and is worthy of emulation? That among many more answers will be provided at the sixth edition of The Future Awards holding tomorrow in Lagos. Seyi Law, Ini Edo and Don Jazzy After 3 months of a rigorous judging process, The Future Awards (TFA) released its final…
Nigerians would have to brace up for some tough times ahead as experts say the persistent rise in food prices is set to continue in 2011. Bismarck Rewane, Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company said “The high food prices experienced in the first half of 2010 are expected to resume in 2011 as increased prices of key food imports such as…
I think the Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy rate is still too low! After nearly two days of meeting early last week, the CBN’s rate-setting committee (the Monetary Policy Committee) agreed to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points. The problem with discussing the monetary policy rate (MPR) in this country is its apparent divorce from the other indices…
The Federal Government said yesterday it would strictly monitor and evaluate all capital projects by its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as a way of improving budget performance and service delivery. Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, who disclosed this at the Procurement Planning Sensitisation Workshop organised by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) last Thursday in Abuja, said this was…