Photos: Meet soldiers who rescued Oyo kidnap victims
"These arrests completely disorganised the group, exerted overwhelming pressure on them and ultimately led to the unconditional release the pupils and teachers"
They should be looking at policies that will stabilize the economy – Stock Broker
For me, I think the government should be looking at policies that will stabilize the economy rather than causing additional controversy.
Introduction of N5,000 is not a big deal – Gbadamosi
Renowned industrialist, Rasheed Gbadamosi told Saturday Vnaguard that the planned introduction of N5,000 note into the economy is not a enough to attract the criticisms it has thus far generated.
We invested our money to save Nigerians from suffering
Vanguard Conference Hall panelists and discussants in this second and concluding part ask what is difficult in setting up refineries in Nigeria.
Beyond Resource Control – burdens and realities of transformation (2)
INITIALLY, it was the rich trade in commodities on the Oil Rivers; now it is the control of the rich petroleum resources of the Niger Delta.”
N5,000 note as red herring!
THE Central Bank served an advance notice of the introduction of a N5,000 note as well as the redesigning of the existing currency profile; under the proposed arrangement, six of the denominations i.e. N5,000, N1,000, N500, N200, N100, N50 will remain in notes form, while N20, N10, N5, N2, N1 and 50K will circulate as coins.
Even with local refineries, subsidy will persist – Marketers
Vanguard Conference Hall is the highest interactive editorial platform for public policy enlightenment, advocacy and solution delivery. It offers public office holders, civil society groups, academicians, opinion leaders and corporate chiefs, the arena to debate and exchange ideas for good governance. In this edition, the topic for discussion is entitled: “Fuel subsidy and the ethical deficiencies in public office in Nigeria.”
Niger Delta: Beyond resource control – burdens and realities of transformation
If I were to interpret this further, I might assert, can the Niger Delta region succeed without controlling their resources? The poser can be expanded. Can Nigeria succeed without controlling Niger Delta resources? I shall provide my perspectives in the course of this presentation.
New notes’ll ruin the economy, kill cashless policy (2)
THE situation in the country where many Nigerians are down on the poverty line as a result of unemployment and rising inflation is bad enough; adding additional burden of price increase will hurt more.
New notes’ll ruin the economy, kill cashless policy
WHEN the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN wanted to introduce the cash less policy its argument was that less than 10 per cent of the Nigeria population draws on the average that amount of money from the banking system thus placing the burden of cost of cash management on the banks and the CBN. Every entreaty to persuade the CBN out of it failed. The rest is now history.
POLICY ON N5, 000 CURRENCY: Much ado about very little
SANUSI Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, belongs to a small league of public officials – including Obasanjo, IBB, Jonathan, and now Okupe – whose pronouncements are guaranteed to provoke controversy.
