The Nigerian Stock Ex change (NSE) has restated its commitment to operate good corporate governance in line with global best practices.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to commence a new policy whereby individual bankers who are responsible, overtly or covertly, for any contravention of banking regulations will be sanctioned directly as opposed to the previous practice of penalising the banks.

In laying credence to the establishment of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), Advertising Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) under a joint group made up of ADVAN, the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) and Media Independent Practitioners Association of the Nigeria (MIPAN), as part of measure to encourage accountability in the advertising sector has made move to instituting an a ABC.

Products like humans, are born, they grow, and they die. This informed the reason after some years products that have enjoyed customer patronage suddenly disappear from the market. And that is why the growth and life time products spends on the shelf depends on the type of medical (media treatment) attention they receive on birth (production).

Come August 2009, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) said that five Nigerians; Mr. Felix Ohewerei, Dr. Udo Udoka, Prof. Julius Onah, Chief. Joseph Adediran and Chief. Sylvester Moemeke will be decorated with the iconic status for their contribution to the marketing profession in Nigeria.

Mizbeach Limited, marketers of wide range of mobile handsets has re-launched its identity into the mobile phone business, deploys 360 degree marketing communications strategy.

MTN said it is entering the market with MTN Eye, a new traffic monitoring device a demonstration of its commitment to providing innovative products and services, as it sponsors golf trip to Spain.

The Nigerian advertising and marketing industry is set for a new dimension in advertising land scape, courtesy 3D Impact Media West Africa, as it unveils 3D advertising solutions to the market.

Skye Bank Plc has further extended its operations beyond the shores of the country, as it announced the floating of a subsidiary in the Gambia.

Union Bank Nigeria Plc has called on the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation to agricultural sector in order to boost food production in the country.

Unit holders of CSL Stockbrokers Limited Legacy Fund was denied dividend despite the Fund Manager declaring N143.7 million Profit After Tax (PAT) for the financial year ended December 31, 2008.

Nigeria Cement Company Plc (NIGERCEM) Nkalagu, Ebonyi State, was incorporated in 1954. It was the first cement industry in Nigeria established by the then Eastern Nigeria regional government. Its fortunes, however, started dwindling in the 80s and by 2002 the five states of the South East decided to sell it to private investors. By then the factory had closed shops and was in huge debts.

Dr Mccarthy Ijiebor is the president/founder of the Institute of Planning, Nigeria. In this interview he speaks on why the country must begin to learn how to prioritise it programmes particularly by looking at cost and benefit of real action that would stimulate an enduring economic development.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. —Dale Carnegie
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.— Winston Churchill
Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neither. —Tara Hunt, HorsePigCow, 07-12-06

Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has declared that 820 manufacturing companies have closed down in the past nine years of civilian rule and rendered thousands of people jobless, even as the Federal Government said the solution may not be very quick in coming .