The President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has lamented the negative effects of the global and local meltdown on businesses.

By leveraging on its sim plified service processing and robust banking information technology, Afribank Nigeria Plc has boosted its revenue collections nationwide for both private and public institutions.

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc has completed the placement ( “Offering”) of N13.165 billion Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2014.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has (SEC) yesterday announced its resolve to, henceforth, name individuals or firms engaged in infractions in the capital market and ensure that the full weight of the law is brought to bear on any culprits.

WORLD’s leading terminal operating company and operator of the Apapa Container Terminal, APM Terminals Apapa Limited has won the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) Award as the Best Security Compliant Terminal in Nigeria just as the firm in keeping with the tradition of caring for the less privileged in the society on Monday visited the Beth Torrey Home in Ajegunle, Lagos to celebrate the yuletide season with the children of the home.

Operatives of the Kano /Jigawa Customs Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)collected N925, 751,969.34 between January and November 2009, N500,000.00 less its target.

THE National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has expressed concern over the recently released 2010 annual budget saying that “purposeful and responsive governments worldwide are committing more investments and resources towards boosting food and agricultural production”.

It is obvious that the Industrial sector of the economy of Nigeria has experienced turbulent period of erratic power supply, faking and dumping, smuggling and high cost of production as well as lack of patronage by Nigerians.