A new vista of investment opportunity has opened to investors who are interested in earning attractive returns in the medium to long term as BGL Asset Management Limited shops for N2.5 billion through Sapphire and Nubian funds.

Events in the Nigerian and global business world over the past three years have focused attention on various aspects and functionalities of businesses, the role of government in regulation of businesses, the role of shareholders in corporate governance, how public corporations use publicly raised funds, who determines how corporate entities function in the market place, etc.

The Federal Government has reiterated that intrastate veterinary control posts across the country are meant for disease surveillance and not revenue generating outposts as practiced by some states in the country.

Promoting Pro-Poor Opportunities Through Commodity and Service Markets (PrOpCom ), a DFID-funded Programme in Nigeria recently gathered stakeholders in rice sub sectors in Ogun State for a one day brainstorming session on how to boost the sub-sector in the state.

Dr. Fred Below gets excited about what he calls “the perfect crop”: corn. His enthusiasm for corn, and the power of his presentation, helps you see how producers could ultimately have eye-popping yields of 300 bushels an acre, Below predicts.

Capt. Shehu Usman Iyal is Senior Special Assistant to the president on Aviation. He is also the Chairman, Aviation Committee of Nigeria@50 celebration.

The large population and enterprising spirit have been described as the recipe for the rapid growth of the Nigerian microfinance sector.

Mrs Tolulope Uko is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Trearoy Properties Limited (TPL), a real estate/housing development outfit incorporated and registered in Nigeria.

In a bid to promote its marketing strategy, Bharti Airtel has appointed George Andah as the Chief Marketing Officer for its Nigerian operation

The Lagos State government has set a limit of 20 storeys for buildings along some major roads in the new Ikeja Model City plan.

A couple of years ago I served under an individual I found very charismatic and while I was driven by a zeal to work for the greater good; my faith was challenged when I, like many others, began to see past the charm. What we discovered was a Machiavellian character that was so ruthless that the veneer of charm was just a tool to manipulate and ingratiate to the powers that be.

Now, is this the kind of President Nigeria needs at the moment? Certainly not, because we desperately need an honest, transparent, disciplined, intelligent and focused servant-leader who has compassion for the masses, a leader who will boldly confront the grotesque status quo and radically change it for the better. Our people are tired of morally over-contaminated leaders.

Their democracy is democracy because of the way, over time, the British people, in whatever capacity, representative or represented, have practised and practicalized and popularized how to ensure the welfare and security of their citizens.

Doing business goes beyond making profit, even though the reason for businesses are founded on profit making.
But also, sometimes extra experiences for the customer is required to draw the attention of both existing and prospective customers.

This is the second part of the Jonathan Zwingina interview. You would not need to read far to know that he is committed to the Jonathan project. But he also goes down memory lane to explain the contradictions which whittled the initial momentum of the June 12 struggle. On June 12, for instance, Zwingina said: “What then happened was that the military, first and foremost, gave us the impression that if the Abiola team participated in the emerging government, that the June 12 situation would be revisited.