President of Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, weekend, urged women to have a vision and game plan so as to thrive in a challenging environment. He said this during the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) Annual Lecture themed: “Thriving in Tough Times: Navigating Challenging Environments.”

Rosabon financial services, a development finance institution has empowered over 1,500 small and medium enterprise, SME operators spread across Lagos and Rivers States. This was part of the company’s 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. The SME operators were empowered with umbrellas. Rosabon said the gesture was “to encourage the hard working men and women of the marketplace by ensuring that they are well protected against the elements.”

Experts have identified technology as one of the key component in the diversification of the Nigeria economy. They reached this consensus in Lagos at the Signal Alliance Customer Week Workshop organized in conjunction with Cisco.

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that a 9 percent decline from $2.970 billion to 2.714 billion was recorded in the country’s non-oil export between 2013 and 2014. Meanwhile, with the dwindling oil revenue coupled with the quest to increase the basket of exportable products from Nigeria, the council has concluded plans to launch the One State One Product (OSOP) initiative targeted at developing and promoting one product for export per state.

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, in this interview, speaks on issues in the oil and gas sector including the subsidy regime, local content, the alleged billions missing oil revenues, and the controversial N10billion allegedly spent by her to hire planes.