Taking a critical look at the Super Eagles qualification to the first World Cup to hosted on African continent, you cannot help but wonder that it was luck qualified the country to the tournament.
Having qualified, the question of whether the technical crew is suitable to lead the team to South Africa 2010 comes to mind.
Although, the Super Eagles did not lose any match but the non challant attitude of the players at every match nearly cost us the world cup ticket.
Now the whole country is calling for Shuaibu Amodu's sack and a foriegn coach to be employed.
Is it because he is the only African coach in the tournament or because we sincerely believe he cannot deliver?

Today is special,the air around feel different,the sky has more color,people seem nicer,friends are friendlier,the butterflies in my tummy seem to have trippled in number.......
IS IT JUST ME OR TODAY?

I got lots of compliments today,about my hair,face,dress,walk,even when i know some of it is just flattering.....BUT am not bordered or feel insulted
IS IT JUST ME OR TODAY?

The food is tastier today,the drinks sweeter,everything has gone better a bit.......it feel like winter,i feel like shouting,dancing and out all nite partying.....
IS IT JUST ME OR.........

TODAY IS AN HOLIDAY

TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE TODAY:ANNIVERSRIES,NEW JOBS,SPECIAL HOLIDAYS OR JUST FEELING ALIVE............ 

One of the greatest footballer in Africa and the world, Didier Drogba said "what is important is that we have to change the image of Africa, we have to show the rest of the world what Africa can do in South Africa".
Those were Drogba's words but will Africa be able to dazzle the world when the tournament kicksoff in South Africa next year?

We are today beginning testing of our traffic service on 3rd mainland bridge. As this is one of the major traffic blackspots in Lagos we hope that its addition to our service will be of a real help to everyone.

Nigeria, the acclaimed most populous black nation, marked 10 years of a succesful transition from one civillian administration to another few days ago . However during the last ten years, a lot has happened in various sectors of the economy  and one of the affected sector is the financial sector, from the recapitalisation era to share scandals, but Democratic governance has no doubt impacted on the growth, performance and yields  in the sector espectially in the capital market.

The capital market has withnessed a "mixed grill" in the last 10 years.
For investors, it was a period of harvest between 1999 and March 2008 after which the market begin to withness what many believed still the worst experience ever at the market between April 2008 and December 2008.
The Nigerian stock market suffered its worst fall in the almost five decades history of the stock exchange in the nation, depreciating from N10.18 tr to N6.957tr by end of 2008 thereby loosing N3.223tr or 32 percent.

But however bad this may sound, there is still some better side of it as  the total number of listed equity rose to 207  as at May 2009 from 106 in 1999 while listed securities rose from 268 to 295 during the same period.

eventhough, the market withness a "mad rush" for shares in the last four years of the period under review with several share prices dropping below expectations while some very few are growing stronger, Market Capitalisation rose from N222.24bn in May 1999  to N12.39tr as at March 2008 before slidding to N6.5tr in May 2009.{eventhough its still an appreciation compare to about N4tr as at December 2008}

So many people  now only have  shares certificate {if  you are lucky to get yours} to look at , as the figure on some certicates {share value} has dropped and only a miracle can bring some of the companies back on track ..that is if they even survive anyway!, ...i pity the poor civil servants, i pity the poor market women, the average labourer who prior to now had thought buying shares or owning a piece of....a company is an automatic ticket to making millions, not knowing that there are lots more than they can see.
Anyway, the market hasnt really performed too badly in the last 10 years only that you need to look before you jump..like my area boyz paddy paddy will say, "Watch and shadow".

Its not all Naira and Kobo you have got that you have to pump into the market in anticipation for a multiple returns in few weeks {as some people think}, learn about the risk in the market seek advice from real proffessional {because there are lot of unreal ones out there}..and then invest a portion of your excess funds into the market and dont forget.."Watch and Shadow"

I’m currently sat at Agip Hall, Muson Centre waiting for the M-Pay conference to start. It was supposed to start at 10am with registration between 9 and 10, and at teh moment it’s 10:35 with no sign of it starting any time soon.

I’ve been to a fair few conferences in my time and being sat here observing the activity going on around me made me think about what the do’s and don’ts of conferences.

The main talk of mobile payments is in reaching the unbanked, as if they are a market just waiting to become banked, and the reason they don’t use a bank is a lack of access to them, or some kind of fear of ATM cards.

Surely the issue here is not one of regulatory frameworks or technology, which seems to be what everyone thinks is the issues holding back the adoption of mobile payments and banking, instead it’s the core question for any business, why? Why should a customer use the system, what is the benefit to them?

So we're launching our new traffic service in Beta form on traffic.enownow.com. The first routes covered are VI, Ikoyi and Lekki.

Remember we're still in beta so the data won't always be perfect but we want your feedback.

We have 3 more routes to launch covering the bridges and the mainland so watch out.

We'll be soft launching and previewing our traffic alert system at the Lagos Business School's EDS Alumni Conference tomorrow.

Join us  at the eNowNow stand or check back here for updates

So our testing has been going quite slowly, mainly due to harrassment from officials regarding our permits, papers etc. It turns out that to operate a bike you need to have a state permit and Local Government permits from each area you want to operate it in. Even if it is non commercial.

We'll keep you updated on our launch plans.