The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn weekend when  renowned businessman, Aliko Dangote donated a N1.2 billion ultra-modern business school edifice to the Bayero University, Kano, (BUK), first of such in the northern part of the country. 

Former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Nsima Ekere, is the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In this interview in Lagos, Ekere outlines the issues and challenges he has faced in his assignment. He speaks on how he responded to the culture of protests that was once the signature portrait of the NDDC. Excerpts:

Managing Director, DavoDani Microfinance Bank Limited, Mr. John Ologe, in this interview with Financial Vanguard spoke on the challenges of the subsector including inadequate capital base, loan default and non compliance of state governments to the provisions of the Microfinance Policy framework that stipulates that they allocate one percent of their revenue allocation to deposits in MfBs operating within their states. Excerpt:

KADUNA—The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has said if Governor Nasir el-Rufai of the state, was for war, he and others in opposition to his government were ready for a bigger war.

THE Edo State chapter of People Democratic Party, PDP, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to be deceived by the promise made by Governor Godwin Obaseki of the state that he will deliver 1.2 million votes to him if he seeks re-election in 2019.