Shareholders are optimistic that bulls will return to the Nigerian capital market in 2015. Also, expectations are high given that for about seven years now, the insurance sector has not given dividend and bonuses but in this interview with investors’ forum, shareholders reveal that the insurance sector will give out dividend and more dividends will come from other companies.

Over the years, the littering of water hyacinth along the water ways in Lagos State has continued to pose a major challenge to several administrations in the state. The menace caused by this water weed has forced several residents, especially fishermen and transporters to abandon several waterways, even as a lot of damages have been done on the propellers of boats.

Participants including exhibitors and consumers have described the just concluded annual marketplace exhibition held in Lagos as successful.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote is from a very wealthy family in Kano. He is related to the late Alhassan Dantata, who was reputed to be one of the wealthiest Hausa merchants in Kano as at the time of his demise in 1955. However, his wealth dwindled as it was shared among 18 children.

Approximately forty years after the OPEC stranglehold on western Economies, in what was to nations like Nigeria an “oil Boom”, a real threat has emerged that may forever loosen the grip of the paling Cartel. In what may be a historical payback for the 70s oil boom, Shale oil: an equally ‘clean’ alternative has driven global oil prices into a price ravine.