MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd has called for a National Broadband Policy to serve as a roadmap for broadband penetration and service delivery in the country. Mr Akinwale Goodluck, MTN Corporate Service Executive, made the call at a capacity-building session for journalists in Abuja. Broadband are signs that use a wide range of frequencies.

The Lagos State Government spent N37.5 billion on the Bar Beach on Victoria Island between 1950 and the late 1990s, according to an official. Mr Adesegun Oniru, Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, disclosed this on Thursday at a media briefing in Ikeja.

Last week Wednesday, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko made a surprise visit to Lagos formation of the service. At the Federal Operations base, he met with top officers of the service and stressed the need for free flow of information from the service to the general public for better understanding and appreciation of what the Customs service is doing for the nation.

Operators and stakeholders in the nations’ capital market have expressed solidarity for the President elect, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, following the successful presidential election conducted recently, stressing that the stock market has started to experience growth in various performance indicators.

Investors last week demanded higher returns on government securities in anticipation of further rise in inflation rate.
Results of trading in government securities last week showed that some investors demanded for 15 per cent returns on the three-year and five-year treasury bills offered by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The National Insurance Commission is fully armed to commence verification and enforcement of the six compulsory insurance policies commencing the exercise from Lagos State.

The African continent accounts for 18% of the world’s cultivated land area but only 3% of its fertilizer consumption. Put another way, the average world fertilizer consumption is around 93kg per hectare of cultivated land, but Africa’s average consumption lags behind at 20kg/ha.

There is increasing trade among African countries says Jubril Aku, Managing Director/Chief Executive, Ecobank Nigeria PLC.

The expected acquisition of Oceanic Bank, one of the rescued banks by First Bank Nigeria Plc has collapsed following the inability of both parties to reach agreement on the value of Oceanic Bank’s assets.

The most convoluted and perhaps most abused phrases in our financial and banking circles today are “Stress Test” and “Risk Assessment.”

Thatcher’s radical policies, successfully adapted across the US, Europe and large parts of Asia, sparked off a new world order and confirmed the evolution of global economic powerhouses.

In a bid to boost home ownership in Nigeria, stakeholders in the housing sector are seeking ways of boosting accessibility to mortgage finance through a variety of funding alternatives.

Dr Dave Obiora is the Managing Director of Khemsafe Computers and Communications Limited, an information and communications technology outfit based in Kaduna.

President Goodluck Jonathan has affirmed the commitment of his administration to the development of mass housing for Nigerians in a way that will ensure that the sector contributes not less than 20 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Verdant Zeal Marketing communications Limited will be spearheading the marketing communication information strategy for the National Planning Commission (NPC) on the Federal Government’s vision 20: 2020 goal.