The African Forum on Financing for Development on Friday urged the countries in the continent to address illicit capital flows and money laundering. It also urged them to control porous tax systems, capital flight and corruption in order to accelerate the transformation of their economies.

For the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to function properly and perform its responsibilities to the Nigerian people, NOA must be divorced from the Ministry of Information and Communications and be married to the Presidency, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) tells President Goodluck Jonathan.

African Insurance operators in 54 countries across the globe are today strategizing on the best approach to dealing with the problem of uninsured in the continent including Nigeria.

Building discerning brands requires more than just marketing, it requires creativity, emotional intelligence and courage as postulated by varying brand analysts, which is what Fanta, a fruit-flavored carbonated soft drink from the stable of the Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited (CCNL) is currently doing with the branding of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) across the city of Lagos.

Acting Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, Mr Segun Agbaje, said he foresees normal banking activities resuming after the various reforms in the sector. Agbaje, who spoke with journalists in Lagos said that the slow pace in bank lending was due to carefulness on the part of banks and customers. He said that banks were being careful in lending to ensure quality loans were given out while customers were also concerned about the kind of projects they invested borrowed funds on.

Ms. Oyinkansola Olayiwola is a graduate of English Language from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State. She had been admitted to read Law and she actually started with Law but along the line, she crossed over to English Language Department to study the English Language. In this chat with Vanguard in Lagos recentl

Despite the global financial crisis, there has been increased foreign investment in microfinance sector globally, both in debt and equity, and this has quadrupled to over $13bn globally.Indeed, microfinance investing has become the flagship of the rapidly growing impact investment movement and the Nigeria’s microfinance sector is not left behind as there have been major foreign investments in sector in the past year.

The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has hailed the marketing communications material deployed by various political campaign candidates during the just ended general elections in the country.

As the general elections have come to a close, insurance operators are heaving a sigh of relief that business might pick up once again.

Stakeholders in the Nigerian built sector comprising builders, consultants, operators of mortgage finance institutions and other related companies are set to embark on a capacity building training programme to the United States of America.