ArticleBy Yemisi Adegoke As the final whistle blew in Curitiba the teams were greeted by boos and jeers. Accurately described as ‘pulseless,’ ‘listless,’ and ‘forgettable’ the 13th World Cup match, between Nigeria and Iran was an abysmal, boring display of anti-football. In total contrast to the spectacular games we’ve seen so far, the first goalless draw of the tournament brought us all crashing down to earth with a resounding thud. While Iran did their best Chelsea impersonation, by parking the bus resolutely for 90 minutes, Nigeria lacked well, everything. Clueless in attack despite having 63% of the possession and absent…
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By Tunde Ajibade It has been a truly intriguing tournament in Brazil. A classic reminder of why we fell in love with the beautiful game. Not even Nigeria’s disservice to football or the early refereeing mistakes that threatened to mar the game can dampen the excitement that five days of breathtaking attacking play have brought us. I, for one, am like a young man who just reconnected with his first and true love. It is with that glow in my eyes and gladness in my heart that I set out to review that first round of matches in the…
Dorothy C. Anyiam-Osigwe Dear Dorothy, I am a twenty-eight man working with in a company in Enugu. My uncle is the owner of this same company. I am dating a girl of twenty who is a student in one of the State’s higher institutions. I recently introduced her to my uncle, knowing there is a possibility of building a life with her, and wanting her to know my true intentions. However, I recently saw both her and my uncle coming out of a hotel together holding hands and being playful with each other like lovers. I suspect they are…
ArticleBy Alex C In an effort to address recurring after-sales challenges, Coscharis Motors, one of the two franchisee’s for the Ford brand in the country in collaboration with Ford sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) launched Certified Parts Wholesale Dealer (CPWD) network. Cosmas Maduka, chairman of Coscharis Group, said that the background to the challenge is that Ford has gained wide acceptance in the Nigerian automobile market leading to the rapid increase in demand for the brand. With increase in sales, there has been consequent increase in demand for after-sales services and spare parts. “Some of the customers he mentioned live in…
ArticleBy Alex C The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that transactions through Point-of-Sale (PoS) rose to N24 billion ($148 million) in April 2014. The bank had in January 2012, when the service was introduced, recorded N99.6 million ($614,000) in value of total transactions. Deployment of PoS also increased from 5,000 in 2010 to 153,167 in April 2014. Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, Deputy Governor, Operations said that the bank’s cash-lite policy had since its outset in January 2012 recorded remarkable success, with the number of transactions via PoS ramping up the N24 billion recorded at 1.6 million by April…
ArticleBy Alex C Kewalram Chanrai Group, a global conglomerate with interest in automobile, agribusiness and textile, is partnering car maker, Foton to establish an automobile assembling plant that will produce Foton range of Vehicles in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The assembling plant is estimated to cost over N10 billion ($62 million) and will hold an initial production capacity of 15,000 units annually. This partnership comes on the back of Nigeria’s recently established automotive policy, which aims to boost production locally assembled automobiles within Nigeria and discourage importation of wholly assembled cars. “They have already acquired 25 hectares of Land…
By Christy Lee When I read the article on Pride Nigeria Online, “Say it Loud, I Want A Loving Husband”, I was not upset but concerned that the article seemed to have an implicit assumption that all women want to be married. Is this the true picture? I say it is not. I write a reply to give a different view, because matter of fact – not all women want to be married. I use myself as an example – I don’t want to be married. You may imagine the scenario of my late thirties self being incessantly asked: “When are…
ArticleBy Telema Davies Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador – the over 50,000 capacity stadium had fans fill the seats to see the world’s best footballer. Cristiano Ronaldo was just the man to watch in this encounter against the German team also referred to as Die Mannschaft. Although, lots of news making round prior to the commencement of the game was Ronaldo’s injury concerns. But that seemed to settle down as he was given the all clear to lead out his country. It however was never to be as eventful as the 2014 Ballon d’Or winner would have imagined. Germany turned…
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