Nigerians may rightly feel shortchanged by the shenanigans in the banking sub sector in the last two years or so. In the wake of the global meltdown, the eloquent Professor at the helm of our Central Bank assured Nigerians, including the Federal Legislature, over and over again that Nigerian banks were insulated from the global crisis as a result of astute regulation of the commercial banks and adoption of best practices in monetary policy and management.

The declining oil price may threaten the nation’s foreign exchange earnings and put Nigeria in a state of bankruptcy, says Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje, Managing Director/CEO, Resources and Trust Company Limited.

The first bank in Gambia opened shop in 1894 and by 2000 four other banks had opened shops. Banking however remained at rudimentary stage of ‘’tally number’’, with Gambians and the mass of tourists that pour into the country annually denied the convenience and comfort of innovative banking services through information technology .

The World Bank Group has reported in the 2011 doing business report that in the past year, governments in 117 economies carried out 216 regulatory reforms aimed at making it easier to start and operate a business, strengthening transparency and property rights, and improving the efficiency of commercial dispute resolution and bankruptcy procedures.

The Managing Director of Jovana Farms, Prince Arinze Onebunne, has said increased awareness in grasscutter and snail farming is the remedy to the rising unemployment and poverty in the country.

The Niger State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Aminu Yusuf, in this interview with Jimoh Babatunde talks on the efforts of the state government to position agriculture as a leading economic activity. Here is an excerpt.

Procter & Gamble has launched a new and  upgraded formulation of its detergent brand; Ariel. According to officials of the company, the new Ariel is the best ever formulation yet, and contains an upgraded and more effective enzyme cocktail that gently removes many tough stains in one wash to give brilliant cleaning results. The product […]

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last week, closed on a bearish note, as equities value represented by the market capitalisation dipped by N62.91 billion.

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) strictly complies with the National Building Code in the development of its estates across the country, and as such has never experienced collapsed buildings in any of its estates nationwide.

Mass exodus out of the stock market due to fear is an absolute disregard for a long term investment plan that is driven by fundamentals.

The failure of the National Assembly to make appropriate legislation to regulate property development has been identified as a major impediment to housing delivery in Nigeria.

The Managing Director, Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), Mr Adeseyi Sijuwade yesterday expressed Federal Government’s commitments towards investing in the rail transport system in the country to de-congest the highways and guarantee a long life span for roads across the country.

A total of $2.335billion was spent by the Federal Government to service both internal and external debt in 2009. This amounted to about 50 per cent drop in the amount used for debt service by Nigeria in the previous year 2008 which amount stood at $4.055 billion. Before the debt relief of 2006, Nigeria spent $8.0429 billion to service debt in 2006 and $10.1072 billion in 2005.

In the business world, every concern has distinctive visual communication symbol that distinguishes it from other competitors.

As part of strategies to expand market share and reach more customers, companies under the Dangote Group have decided to offer discount in all their goods as they storm the two international trade fairs kicking off this week in both Lagos and Kano.