By Prince Osuagwu For Second National Operator, Globacom, memories of  this year’s Lagos International Trade Fair which rapped up penultimate week, would  last long. If not for any other thing, due to the high interests its prepaid 3G plus elicited among visitors at the fair. Globacom said that though all of its other products maximally […]

CONSTITU-TIONAL lawyer, Dr. Akpo Mudiaga-Odje, has said it was wrong under the law for the police to arrest parents, relatives and friends in lieu of a person accused of committing a criminal offenc.

Armed robbers, weekend, invaded the home of Mr. Felix Hassan Hyat, a former Aviation Minister, in Kaduna, and carted away an unspecified amount of money and property worth millions of Naira.

THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, weekend, identified lack of internal democracy as cause of crisis within parties.

THE Federal Government has appointed two new directors for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in line with the restructuring of the agency.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Sunday, in Beijing, said the Federal Government had approved a three-year tax holiday for new mining companies as part of incentives to attract investments to the sector.

Diamond Bank Plc is packaging a financing scheme that offers customers an opportunity to acquire choice Peugeot cars without paying any interests on the principal.

….Clamour CBN intervention By Babajide  Komolafe, Amaka Agwuegbo & Temilade Adegunlehin As ATM frauds continue to rise in the banking industry, banks’ customers have cried out in agony for the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Vanguard investigation reveals increasing cases of ATM fraud across the banking industry in spite the publicity campaign […]

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen AB Dambazau last weekend commended the corporate social responsibility activities (CSR) of Skye Bank PLC, describing the bank as a responsive and responsible financial institution that is always willing to give back to the society.

A financial/management consultancy agreement designed to reposition the Jos International Breweries (JIB) has been signed between the company and Plateau Investment and Property Development Company Limited on one hand and Akintola Williams Deloitte, a renowned consultancy management firm on the other.

Babajide Komolafe The N14 trillion markets in Federal Government bonds is on the course to imminent collapse as prices soar far above the real value of the bonds in a manner similar to the situation that preceded and precipitated the crash of the stock exchange. Experts who spoke at a workshop in Lagos on promoting […]

AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria,  one of the notable microfinance , celebrated its one year anniversary of business in Nigeria. Its shareholders include, Access Microfinance Holding AG, Impulse Microfinance Investment Fund, International Financial Corporation (IFC), KfW Entwicklungsbank (German Development Bank) and African Development Bank (AfDB). In this interview with Amaka Agwuegbo, Chairman, Supervisory Boards  of the […]

The Under-17 team of Colts Abdarca football club, Accra, Ghana and their counterparts from Togo are in Uyo for the second edition of Akpabio Cup scheduled to kick off at the Uyo township stadium on Tuesday.

By Patience Saghana Insurance practitioners have begun moves to check the rising tide of fraudulent claims by customers estimated to constitute 12 per cent of total claims. According to operators, fraudulent claims are most recorded in the motor insurance class of the business. Insurance fraud is any act committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain […]

Two weeks after the curtain was drawn on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the Lagos Sub-Seat of the Local Organising Committee has declared its balance sheet.