Sanusi, Lamido Sanusi, the new Central Bank helmsman has since his appointment made it clear that he was dissatisfied with the laissez fair approach of the apex bank’s supervision and regulation of the monetary market. Sanusi had similarly decried the commercial lending rate of 22% plus, as being inimical to investment, industrial consolidation and expansion and also frowned at the poor culture of transparency in the banking sector.

Dr. Sylvan O. Ebigwei, renowned dentist,  is president, Aka Ikenga, the association of Igbo professionals, formed 21 years ago to think, plan, reason on issues confronting the Igbo wherever they may be.  Aka Ikenga is an aggregation of Igbo in the core south-east, Rivers and Delta states as well as Igbo in diaspora. It liaises […]

Markets are consumer driven and the beauty of free market economies is in the level of confidence that consumers and investors repose in the system. The most conclusive economic lesson of the 20th century is that command economies do not work and it is only when free markets thrive that economies expand. Successful democracies are those that understand the intricate workings of the free market and the role of government as a market participant, even though market regulatory authority is vested on the government.

WATER, one of the major components of the human body is needed to sustain life. Researchers have discovered that the human body is anywhere from 55 per cent to 78 per cent water depending on body size. The popular saying: Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink, has become a thing of the past due to the presence of sachet water in every nook and cranny of the country.

The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr. Fola Daniel, is not a man that tints or minced words to impress or suppress anyone but like a prophet with a vision to take insurance industry to the promise land, he subtly passes a message that is enough for the wise to act on. Fola Daniel in this interview with Patience Saghana speaks on several sectors in the insurance industry. Excerpts

*Says Osun people will decide his guber bid Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was Minister of Aviation during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He recently paid a visit to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, for consultations  over his ambition to contest the governorship election in Osun State in 2011. He fielded questions from […]

EFFORTS at promoting Safety of life at Sea (SOLAS) received a major boost, as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) constituted the National Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Committee at the Regional Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (RMRCC) in Kirikiri, Lagos.

THE bid for the privatization of SAHCOL was concluded by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel recently, with Eraskorp Consortium emerging the highest bidder.

Occasioned by heavy losses on the share prices of majority of the quoted companies on the Nigerian capital market , the value of listed equities in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped last week by N194.18 billion.

THE entire universe is governed by laws. Scientists, economics and philosophers from ages have continued to conduct research, tests and make observations to unravel the laws that guide various aspects of life in the universe. As each law is discovered and tested to be true, man can now apply the findings to take advantage of the law.

Davids Business Academy (DBA), an affiliate of DHTL Capital Management Limited, has announced its plans to set up an investment school and research centre in the country, that will help boost and promote knowledge of investment activities and also contribute to the growth and development of the Nigerian capital market and the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

*Things are getting better under President Yar’Adua * Discloses how he once cross examined General T Y Danjuma for three hours By Jide Ajani When Brigadier David Medaiyese Jemibewon agreed to Sunday Vanguard’s interview, there was a little bit of apprehension.  Firstly, the Special Interview Series had just featured Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, former governor […]

Again, the Peoples Democratic Party is playing yo-yo with the collective aspiration of a people.  Penultimate week, the party declared that come 2015, the South East geo-political zone would produce the next president of Nigeria.  But this declaration has been causing ripples in the polity. By Henry Umoru Abuja – The highest political position an […]

Senator Polycarp Nwite, senior special assistant to the president (political matters), is a chip from the old political block determined to instill some freshness into the political landscape. A member of the third republic Senate, Nwite would be remembered for his contributions to the pro-democracy struggle during the military era. Now a chieftain of the […]

Although he was initially secretive about the exact offer the government had made, he was later compelled by the inquisitive journalists to announce the exact amount. However, ASUU was not represented at the meeting, a development Deacon Onosode described as unfortunate, noting, “unfortunately we invited ASUU to this meeting and they did not come.”