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.