As part of its corporate social responsibility, Simon Page Business School has organised a one-day training for journalists who report marketing and brands in particular and business in general. Tagged Marketing Essentials Workshop, the programme held at the institute’s office in Magodo, Lagos on Tuesday 20 September with about twenty-five print and electronic journalists in attendance.

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), will next Tuesday in Abuja, present the report of its study into the competitiveness of micro, small and medium scale enterprises in the country.

Having successfully repositioned the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, for greater efficiency since his appointment in 2007, the Rector/Chief Executive of the institution, Capt. Adebayo Araba, has assured the aviation sector and Nigerians in general that he is ready to make the school the number one training institution in Africa. In this interview with Jimoh Babatunde, Araba speaks on his achievements, challenges, prospects and other raging issues affecting the country’s aviation industry. Excerpts:

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido has emphasized the need for the global financial community to focus on integrating cross-border payment systems so as to allow for increase in trading across the global economy.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to commence the process of demutualising the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as a 21 man technical committee has been inaugurated with the mandate to advise the commission on how the Exchange could be demutualised.