When the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on August 14, 2009, announced the sack of the management of five banks, namely, Intercontinental Bank Plc

EDO State Professionals in the Diaspora, weekend, appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint the former Special Adviser to the President, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, as the minister representing the state.

FOR the first time in 20 years when I started actively chronicling Nigeria’s political affairs, I am feeling on top of the world at the end of a transitional process. This is the first time that I, as an Igbo person, was part and parcel of designing the outcome of a general election without being a mere passenger in a bus owned by others, driven by others and being taken to a destination dictated by others. Before now, the Igbo nation stood by while the North, and from the 1990s, the North and West, decided our political affairs and imposed on the rest of us.

As part of efforts geared towards ensuring that both consumers and Nigerian manufacturers are protected, Unilever in collaboration with the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control

Governor Babatude Fashola has commended Fidelity Bank Plc for supporting the Independent Power Project (IPP) in the state, urging other banks to emulate the bank in the quest to develop the country in general.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has canvassed the adoption of the public-private partnership (PPP) strategy by government in the provision of housing for the teeming populace in the country.

Skye Bank Plc has announced plans to cut down drastically on its cost and boost its income and profitability in the years ahead.

Nigerian interbank rates were flat at 10.58 per cent on average this week as the market was liquid enough to support all transactions Reuters has reported on .

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have been warned to be innovative to avoid duplication of financial products if they are to promote financial inclusion for all.

CHANGE, no matter its dimensions, can fundamentally alter the way we do things. We believe that change is on its way to the National Assembly, which has undergone its most profound makeover, in composition in the past 12 years.

The cash limits proposed by the Central Bank of Nige-ria (CBN) has the potential to improve monetary policy transmission and boost competition in the banking industry, says Razia Khan of Standard Chartered Bank Group.

ADO-EKITI—Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi Sunday erquested for a detachment of Nigerian soldiers in the state, in obvious concerns over the seeming security lapse in the state and last Tuesday’s armed robbery incident in Ado Ekiti, which claimed five lives, with 10 others seriously wounded.

THREE members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Sapele, in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were injured and one, Mudiaga Kevwe, missing, in a gun duel between two factions of the union, weekend.

THE Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has urged media practitioners to be careful with the messages they send out to avoid misuse of such information.

Telecommunications company, MTN, has said that its venture into the satellite business has given itstelecommunications operation a great lift.