A bullish trend was recorded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), last week, as the value of listed equities, represented by the market capitalisation, rose by N254.01 billion.

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB) has set in motion plans to revamp the microfinance sector.

The federal government has been called upon to privatise and strengthen the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) so as to eliminate the bureaucratic bottlenecks associated with their operations.

Despite challenges in the global and local economic landscape, Oando Plc has assured its shareholders of improved returns on their investments in the years ahead.

Entrepreneurship generally refers to the practice of instituting new business enterprises or revitalizing already established ventures. Most entrepreneurs are driven by existence of an opportunity that once ventured into will result in profits. Entrepreneurship is over and over again an obscure enterprise, as numerous novel ventures end up failing.

Sir Dayo Alabi is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Books Company Limited. His organisation has interest in publishing, book selling and distribution, library set up and supplies.

Construction work is set to commence in the Eko Atlantic City project in the first quarter of next year, with about one million square metres of land already reclaimed at the site, with the reclamation job still ongoing.

Mallam Sallau Hamman, Managing Director /Chief Executive Office of Fin Insurance in this interview with Patience Saghana articulates insurance industry’s oil and gas business, the constraints and the opportunities.. He gives his candid view on the sector’s capacity to underwrite the big risks whilst he forecasts Fin Insurance’s position in the next five years.

Government officials, operators and proponents of the controversial Cargo Tracking Note (CTN), were shocked to their marrows last week upon the discovery that the equally controversial toxic container on board MV Maersk Nashville actually came with the much-touted CTN number.

Investors have expressed doubts over the ability of registrars to cope with the expected growth and increased patronage in the Nigerian capital market in the next couple of years.According to the investors who spoke with Financial Vanguard, this is as a result of the failure of most registrars to adopt and fully deploy electronic products and information technology infrastructure in their operations.