A recent collection of essays on entrepreneurial innovation in developing economies, titled ‘Lessons from the Poor’, mentions an aspect of Nigerian clothing design. Examining the traditional adire dye industry, author Thompson Ayodele informs that the bottom 19% of entrepreneurs polled for the study earned more than state and federal civil servants.

The Bank of Industry (BOI) has claimed to have helped manufacturing industries across the country to generate 815,000 jobs between 2005 and 2009.

About three years to the expiration of the contact of the Service Providers with the federal government on destination inspection, one of the Service Providers, SGS Scanning Nigeria Limited, has completed training for the third batch of officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in readiness for the eventual take-over of the function of the companies engaged by government.

THE Managing Director of the three scanning service providers, Globalsan Systems, Mr Fred Udechukwu has called for an extension of the contract with the Federal Government’s Destination Inspection project saying that “the service providers have done well to get an extended contract so as to recoup their investments”.

National Assembly has been urged to speed up the passage of the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) Bill to help curb the incessant pirate attacks along the nation’s coastal waters.

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.

After years of expectation, Cotecna Destination Inspection Nigeria Limited, one of the service providers appointed by the federal government, has completed and test run the first fixed scanner in the country.