LAGOS- The naira, yesterday, depreciated further to N385 per
dollar in the parallel market as demand for foreign exchange intensified.
IN just two
weeks, she has soared above her painfully obscure background. Her fortunes have
changed. From a bread seller on the streets of Lagos to a model. She is now set
to mount the rostrum on February 20 at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. As a
motivational speaker, she will talk on the theme “ If we were the government .”
FOLLOWING the Federal Government's insistence
that the dominant mobile t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s operator, MTN
Nigeria must pay a fine of N780 billion imposed on it for an infraction or
attach a bank statement to its letter of plea indicating that it cannot
accommodate the liability before any review is done, Nigerians at the weekend
bared their minds on the company's face off with its regulator, the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC).
"The role racism played and
continues to play in shaping world history is a tragedy which negatively
influences all people. There are those who are correct in their belief that the
race issue is irrelevant and is an impediment to human development. In reality
there is only one race, "the human race" which has been proven to
have originated in Africa . Yet, for years scientists have ignored and even
fabricated data to sow that humanity
developed in Europe or Asia rather than acknowledge Africa is the site where
the greatest evidence of early human development is to be found." Anthony
T. Browder, Exploding The Myths Vol. 1 Nile Valley Contributions To
Civilization page 14.
There are strong indications that the planned exclusion of
more items including school fees from official foreign exchange market, may
cause massive withdrawal by Nigerian students from studying abroad.