Elijah Bello, Author at Businessday NG

How my music started from church – Passmark, Nigerian Singer

our reporter — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:45:31 +0000

Nigerian up-and-coming music sensation, Mark Andrews Esele, popularly known as Passmark, has underscored the influence of the church on his career as a musician. “I started music from church, where I also play musical instruments,” he discloses. “Music is my passion. It is a gift.” So far, the London-based musician has released several singles […]

The USMCA quest for ‘America First’ world trade

Elijah Bello — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:34:54 +0000

President Trump seeks to redefine all major free trade agreements on the basis of U.S. economic and geopolitical leverage. In these efforts, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) is likely to serve as a blueprint. From NAFTA to U.S. First North America Despite all Trump’s hyperbole, the USMCA reads like a mix of Clinton’s […]

AfCFTA: What is in it for Nigeria?

Elijah Bello — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:23:22 +0000

“Leadership from behind does not exist. If it exists, it does not last.”- Amb George Obiozor, former DG, NIIA. The above quote was extracted from the opening remarks of George Obiozor, chairperson of the one-day conference on Nigeria and the African Union’s Continental Free Trade Area, organized by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), […]

Breaking: FG, State truncate ongoing negotiation on new minimum wage

Elijah Bello — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:26:15 +0000

The progress made so far to avert the nationwide strike over the crisis trailing the new national minimum wage was frustrated as Federal and State Government fail to reach compromise with the Organised labour and Organised Private sector. Ama Pepple, chairman, National Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee who briefed after Governor Atiku Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi […]

FG moves to broker truce with striking varsity lecturers

Elijah Bello — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:21:43 +0000

Federal Government on Monday unveiled plans to end the ongoing nationwide strike embarked on by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The leadership of the Union had after its National Executive Council NEC meeting held in Akure, Ondo state on Sunday, directed all its members in all public institutions to withdraw their services as from Monday, 5th […]