The Lagos State government is set to tackle cases of land speculation in the state, whereby people buy land without developing them over a period of time in anticipation of appreciation in value, with the threat of revocation of such lands.

WORRIED by the disappearance of palm produce in the West/ Central Africa especially in Nigeria and Cameroon, the two countries will get a total of N8 billion to revitalise Oil Palm development.

Sequel to my article -AMCON: CBN’s Controversial Reform -published in ThisDay on the 28th of March, 2010. I received numerous emails imploring me to be clear about my stand and to review other policies and activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). As a result of this, I present below a review of some of the reforms already implemented or in the process of development by the CBN.

Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, an economist, industrialist and one time minister of National Planning, has picked holes in the ongoing CBN reforms saying that most of the measures adopted by the CBN governor are panic measures that needed to be reviewed.

For the twelve consumers who became owners of a brand new cars and N1m each through the ongoing Star Fortune promotion, put together by beverage maker Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc, producer of Star larger beer, life has changed all the same for them.

Indications have emerged that there might be need to impose patronage of local reinsurers on the local market as the preference for foreign reinsurance companies over local reinsurers still persists.

A Bill seeking to make it mandatory for all oil companies operating in Nigeria to invest in crude refineries, awaits public hearing in the House of Representatives.

The fate of both Nigeria’s 2020 target and Millennium Development Goals hinges substantially on its ability to drive an entrepreneurial revolution that suitably develops and taps the latent abilities of its massive female population. The following are 7 creative proposals that could make it happen:

About 129 million Nigerians, representing 86 percent of the estimated 150 million populace, cannot afford to own their own houses based on their regular income.

The downward trend recorded in the Nigerian capital market last week, is expected to give way to a bullish trend this week, as investors take advantage of the few days of decline recorded in the market to take position in stocks.