Investors’ agony continued last week, as the value of their investment on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, dipped last week by N152.8 billion.

Mr. Franklin Ozekhome, is the Director, CoolBrands Africa, he spoke with Princewill Ekwujuru on the coming of the CoolBrand Team from Amsterdam to Nigeria, their mission and the evolving new trend in campaign strategy referred to as The Story-Telling analogy.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Abuja Chapter, has offered to assist the Federal Government to prepare its annual budgets early enough to enable the legislature pass them at the beginning of each fiscal year.

The Lagos chapter of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), the foremost people management institute in Africa, is set to hold its 9th annual conference at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo, Badagry.

Air travel in Nigeria is gradually being taken away from the reach of the middle class as the airline operators in the country have increased the cost of air tickets to various destinations in the country hiding under the guise of the increase in Passenger Service Charge (PSC) introduced by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal 2(MMA2) recently.

Chairman, Heirs Holdings Limited (HHL), Mr. Tony Elumelu has reiterated the need for increased collaboration between African business leaders with a view to sustaining economic development in Africa.

Airtel Nigeria has unveiled a soccer talent programme that will focus on identifying and nurturing budding soccer talents in a programme tagged Airtel Rising Stars.

Theoretical studies and empirical evidence have shown that countries with better-developed financial systems enjoy faster and more stable long-run growth. Well developed financial markets have a significant positive impact on total factor productivity, which translates into higher long-run growth.

Inter Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa, GIABA, has called for a further strengthening of the law enforcement agencies in the west African region so as to make them effective in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing.

Procter and Gamble has launched its Oral-B Pro-Health toothpaste into the Nigerian market.

Shelter is one of the basic human needs. It protects people from the physical elements and provides security and a sense of belonging. Against this background, a call has gone to governments at different levels in Nigeria to initiate legislation that will guarantee citizens right to housing.

It would be mischief on the part of this column if we subscribed to the bandwagon of elitist Nigerians whose stock in trade is the creation of false hope of a better year ahead at the end of every dismal year.

Inadequate and epileptic power supply has once again been fingered for dampening the entrepreneurial spirit of the average Nigerian. Many who would have loved to go into manufacturing and create jobs for our teeming youths cannot do so because of high cost of production due to inadequate infrastructure.

Arik Air has been given 30 days to redeem its indebtedness to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) or risk being grounded.

The African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity fund manager in western Africa, announced the raising of $200 million from investors in July 2009. The third installment of the Capital Alliance Private Equity (CAPE) fund will target important sectors such as power, oil and gas, communications and financial services in Nigeria and across the sub-Saharan region.