Eleven communities in the riverine areas of Delta State have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the directive issued by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido, to all financial institutions in Nigeria, limiting cash withdrawal by individuals and corporate bodies to N150,000.00 and N1,000,000.00 respectively, as null and void.

Former Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi is wondering why Nigerians are pressing the panic button over the team’s struggles to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, being co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

WORKERS in Nigeria’s Petroleum industry, have commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing into law the Terrorism Prevention and Money Laundering Prohibition Bills.

Ahead of the 10-day target set by the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for the elimination of the artificially induced scarcity and hike in the price of House Hold Kerosene, HHK, the NNPC, weekend, stepped up measures to ensure that the deadline is met.

FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina has intervened in the disagreement between Governor Abiola Ajimobi and workers in the state, leading to a suspension of planned strike over the N18,000 new minimum wage that would have commenced today.

On June 12 1993, millions of Nigerians voted in the election adjudged to be the best ever conducted in the history of Nigeria.

Custodian and Allied Insurance Plc posted N13.7 billion as Gross Premium Income for the 2010 financial year against N5.3 billion which was recorded in the previous year.

Research into ways of improving agricultural produce has been described as key to food security. This was made known at the Gberigbe Piggery Estate, Ikorodu during the graduation ceremony of the Asela Farmer Field School and Field Day organised by the Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority (LSADA), an agency under the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has set in motion plans to institute an almanac and awards for best food-producing farmers across the country, following recent list of 1,000 top farmers to be granted agricultural loans to boost food security in the country.

Nigeria’s foremost financial services group, First Bank of Nigeria Plc is renowned for being a national icon that constantly reinvents itself, its people and processes for excellence and market leading performance through robust transformation initiatives. Mr. Bisi Onasanya, the bank’s Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, among other issues, speaks on how the transformation is enhancing First Bank’s value proposition.

Rep Zakari Mohammed, a frontline Sports broadcaster and a former Sports Commissioner in Kwara State is a man of many parts. Beside managing sports, Mohammed was also the supervisory commissioner for Energy before he contested to become a Federal lawmaker. In this interview, he exhibited all the traits a frontline journalist is expected to showcase

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been battling with two major problems in the last two years -rising inflation and low credit growth to the private sector. A fillip to these is the increasing pressure on the exchange rate vis-a-vis marginal increase in the foreign reserves. But when its Monetary Policy Committee met two weeks ago, it chose to address only inflation.

The projection by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) to hit N1.10 trillion Gross Premium Income (GPI) by 2012 is laudable, however, the purchasing power of the average Nigerian will determine the realisation or otherwise of the target.

Because I believe and strongly too, that we are not doing enough to project our youth on world stage, I want to write this week on some events of last week that touched my sports heart.

Sound policies and strategies are required if Mr President is to succeed in his bid to transform the Nigerian economy. One of the strategies the President can adopt is Economic diplomacy. Economic diplomacy is traditionally defined as the decision-making, policy-making and advocating of the state’s business interests.