Ember month purchases : How not to risk your money
The ember months are here again and in the usual characteristics of the season, we are always tempted to buy and buy. And incidentally, we find that prices of goods…
Project management as a tool to stop waste, fraud and abuse (3)
The budgetary process for both capital and recurrent expenditures is comprehensive and the final cost baseline must be closely followed to the letter during execution. Any changes to the budget…
Experts decry Nigerian industries huge dependence on foreign technologies
Experts have raised concerns over local industries’ continued near total dependence on foreign technological input, particularly at a time that the Nigerian government is desperately looking for ways to boost…
Africa’s biggest economy defying currency critics chokes growth
Nigeria’s economy is growing at the slowest pace this decade as oil prices drop. Companies are complaining they can’t get the dollars they need to do business. And trading in…
Discontent brews in business circles over MTN’s outsized fine
Nigeria’s already beleaguered business and finance leaders caught up in one of the world’s most unfriendly business environments, according to the World Bank annual ranking, are waking up to a…
Innovation – complex but inevitable (2)
In this column last week, it was stated that innovation needs to be understood broadly and be accepted as the result of complex interactions among various segments of the nation’s…
California Legalizes Physician-Assisted Suicide
With the stroke of a pen yesterday, California became the fifth and largest state to allow physician-assisted suicide when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act. The…
6 New DC Supererior Court Candidates for Obama to Consider
The retirements of Hon. Ann O’Regan Keary and Hon. Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr. from the DC Superior Court leave vacancies that the Judicial Nomination Commission is eager to fill. The…
Rating People 1 to 5 Stars on Peeple App — Yikes!
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. By now, most of us have grown accustomed to rating products on Amazon…
Your Weeds Are Beautiful but They’re Also Illegal, Posner Says
You may love the sight of dandelions or want to cover your lawn in crabgrass. Maybe bunches of native wildflowers make your heart sing, while sculpted hedges and pedigree roses…