Banks have facilitated the creation of nothing less than 20,000 jobs and revived 13 grounded agricultural projects through loans to farmers under the Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS).

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Mohammed Musa Sada, has told the Bureau for Public Entreprises, BPE, to stay away from the sale of bitumen blocks, pointing out that it was the exclusive preserve of the ministry to allocate or dispense of such natural resources.

Eight million okada riders in the country are to insure themsleves and their passengers with a paulty premium of N10 per day being coordinated by three insurance companies.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has been unusually silent on the widening gap between the official exchange and the Bureau de Change (BDC) rates of the naira to the dollar.

Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc generated Gross Premium Income of N3.06 billion for the financial year ended December 31st 2010.The figure represents a 25 per cent improvement over 2009 figure of N2.45 billion.

Tata Housing is keen on making an entry into the African market during 2012-13 as part of a vision to offer affordable homes globally.

About 53,000 houses have been delivered through monies disbursed from the National Housing Fund (NHF) scheme since its establishment in 1992.

NCR Nigeria Plc has announced its readiness to diversify its operations, extending its services to the telecommunication and airline sectors and the general commercial market place.

Chile’s copper output tumbled 8.5 per cent to 426,477 tonnes in June after a contract workers’ strike, heavy rains and power outages hit operations at the world’s top copper producer, the government said.

Former Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, has called for collaboration between the public and private sectors in driving the growth and development of the Nigerian economy.