Every good or service has a price. So also is the service of lending money to others, a service which is critical to the survival and growth of businesses, households and individuals. The price of this service is called interest rate.

A significant improvement was recorded in transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, last week as investment value, represented by the market capitalization, appreciated by N30.288 billion.

Chairman of Delta State Integrated Development Project, DIDP, a Public-Private Partnership Development programme, in the office of the Governor of Delta State, Mr. Godwin Gary Bire Akpobire, is one of the silent thinkers and professionals saddled with the responsibility of developing and creating investment platforms for entrepreneurs to invest in the state.

Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority of Nigeria (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren last Monday urged the Federal Government to provide modern technology in the various airports across the country to meet with the growth of air passenger traffic.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have shown its commitment towards the development of the real sector of the economy in recent time following the numerous initiatives and programmes aimed to accelerate the overall growth of the country.

According to Dr. Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, Hugiano Group is made up of many subsidiaries with businesses cutting across transportation, trading, consultancy, manufacturing, etc.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has joined in eulogising the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, saying he lived ahead of his contemporaries in formulating the Nigerian nation and served the country with all his might.

As food crisis unfolds in West Africa’s Sahel region, some of the world’s leading experts in agriculture markets say the time is ripe to confront the “substantial inefficiencies” in trade policy, transportation, information services, credit, crop storage and other market challenges that leave Africans particularly vulnerable to food-related problems.

“The newest member of the UN family was born today,” Mr. Ban told the Assembly after it passed the resolution setting up the new UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. “This is truly a watershed day,” he declared.

Professor Pat Utomi has said that for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), cashless policy to succeed, cost of e-payment transactions must be reduced by service providers while building public confidence.