Though the most popular form of investment in the capital market is share, there are other forms which includes, mutual funds and Treasury bill, T-bill, among others. Now talking about fund managers, there are many of them in the country though they are not very popular among investors and some don’t have interest in investing or keeping their money with a fund manager, but this does not negate the benefit of investing through them.

Labour and human rights activists from across the country are expected to storm Benin, Edo State, tomorrow for a solidarity march in honour of Professor Festus Iyayi, former President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who was killed by a vehicle in the Kogi State Governor’s convoy three weeks ago.

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has challenged govenment at all levels to make reduction of HIV/AIDS prevalence and eradication a cardinal objective as the country marks her centenary anniversary in 2014.

Arrangements are in top gear for the 3rd edition of Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament, Africa’s biggest beach soccer event. The superlative competition will take place on the beachfront of Eko Atlantic City from December 13 to end on December 15, 2013.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi has appealed to the House of Representatives to summon the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and her counterpart in the Ministry of Water Resources, Stella Ochekpe to explain why the government had continued withhold the World bank and African Development Bank , ADB loans approved by the National Assembly to provide potable drinking water for people of the state.

The Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) said on Monday it was ready to complete its 5,000 capacity mini stadium for grassroots sports development.

– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, said it would re-arraign former Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State on Tuesday Dec. 3 for allegedly laundering N19.2 billion .

The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah, on Monday inspected the N11 billion Dutse International airport in Jigawa.

The kidnappers of the wife and daughter of the treasurer of the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Gbalipre Turner have demanded N100 million as ransom for their release.

The Federal Government has committed N90.3 billion to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the 106.5km Enugu- Portharcourt dual carriageway.

Microsoft yesterday announced the appointment of Otema Yirenkyi as the company’s first country manager for Ghana.

The mining sector was once Nigeria’s major revenue earner after agriculture, but due to the discovery of oil, it had suffered serious setbacks. In this interview, the acting Director General, Nigeria Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, Nwegbu Ndubuisi, speaks on the activities of the agency and how it is imperative to diversify the economy to the mining sector. GABRIEL EWEPU reports:

MANAGING Director, Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Limited, Mr. Babs Omotowo, has signed a Me-morandum of Understanding, MoU, with five banks to enable NLNG contractors and vendors access $1 billion credit facility.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has described women as the most underutilised resources in the world.

By INNOCENT ANABA Lagos — A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, fixed January  7,  2014 for continuation of hearing in the money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi. Ikuforiji and Atoyebi are being prosecuted […]