Access to agricultural inputs, market linkages, technical support services as well as access to financial services through value-chain financing are the factors that could lead to revival and growth of Nigeria’s ailing agriculture sector, says Jacques Taylor of Stanbic IBTC Bank.

The naira yesterday depreciated in both the official and interbank market following 60 per cent rise in foreign exchange demand.

A proposal for the phased completion of the troubled Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State will soon be sent to the Presidency.

Management of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc (STI) has enjoined all shareholders of the company to take advantage of the Rights Issue it is offering exiting shareholders and buy into the offer.

The naira yesterday depreciated in both the official and interbank market following 60 per cent rise in foreign exchange demand.

Mr. Wole Oshin, Managing Director of Custodian & Allied Insurance Plc has called on government to include the insurance industry in the process of planning, lamenting that a situation where budgets are discussed and insurance industry is not even invited means that government does not understand the importance of insurance.

Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Ekunno as Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the company, following the retirement of Mr. Sam Ohuabunwa.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, has denied selling the Federal Government’s five per cent shares in Eleme Petrochemical Company Limited, EPCL, Port Harcourt, Rivers State to the Indorama Group for N4.375 billion illegally.

A decline was recorded in trading in the Over-the-Counter, OTC, market for Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN Bonds, as turnover dipped by 35.48 per cent.

Managing Director, EasyFuel Limited, Mr. Tayo Olajide, as re-assured Nigerians that the proposed cash withdrawal limit recently announced by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will be successful.