Investors’ appetite for government bonds heightened , last week, as they staked N178 billion in the Over-the-Counter market for Federal Government of Nigeria’s (FGN) bonds.This represented an appreciation of 4.05 per cent from N171.27 billion invested in the sector last week.

Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited and its parent company, Standard Bank have unveiled plans and a number of products to help deepen the Nigerian capital market and increase investors’ knowledge on developments in the market.

SHAREHOLDERS of R.T Briscoe Nigeria Plc have unanimously endorsed the dividend and bonus proposed by its Board of Directors for the financial year ended December 31, 2009.

Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria are battling to maintain their sagging fame as members, one after the other in the ICAN discussion forum are raving over who gave out information on the institute rather than face the issues at stake.

The Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) introduced into the maritime industry by the current administration in December last year has generated a whopping 1.59 million Euro (about N380 million) into the coffers of government within its first five months of partial operation.

Nigeria’s foreign reserves have been shrinking since July 2007 when it stood at 67 billion dollars. The books read $40.48 billion last March. At the last meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee, the Minister of State for Finance Mr . Remi Babalola, said that in the last ten years, growth in discretionary spending by all federal, state and local government out paced the annual growth rate of the overall economy, resulting in deficits.

Macmillan, one of the largest and best known international publishing houses in the world is characterized by academic and professional, educational, fiction and non-fiction publishing of the highest quality. Powerful brands owned by Macmillan, such as Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, Pan and Picador are now established in 70 countries. Macmillan also offers high-level publishing services to third party clients.

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Fanic Le Roux Malar is the National Technical Manager, International Facilities Services;a company pioneering to ensure world class service delivery in maintenance of facilities in Nigeria and other countries the world over.

A maritime expert, Chief Asu Beks has called on the federal government to approve a N100 billion infrastructural development fund for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

As part of its corporate social responsibility in Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc, has commissioned a water scheme at Iperu-Remo in Ikenne-Remo Local Government of Ogun State.

FOR three days, early his month — Tuesday, May 4, Thursday, May 6, and Monday, May 10, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), World Bank, National Film & Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in a collaboration came together for the purpose of exporting Nigerian entertainment to global audience, and Vanguard, which was part of the various workshops spoke to a World Bank Finance and Private Sector specialist, Chioma Nwagboso. Excerpts:

As part of its sustained determination to boost food production in Ondo State, the state government has concluded arrangements for the commencement of operations at the newly_resuscitated Perfect Integrated Food Industry at Arigidi_Akoko in Akoko North West Area of the state.

The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Chief Joel Ogundeji, has urged governments at all levels to invest in agriculture to improve Nigeria’s economic well_being and solve the food security problem.

The Kano State Government has so far spent more than N4.8 billion on its rice development projects, the Commissioner for Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba, has said.