archiveOctober 2016

Colombia left deeply divided by a contested peace deal with the FARC rebels, not everyone was happy about President Juan Manuel Santos winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. According to AFP report,  "Santos doesn't deserve it," said Rodolfo Oviedo, one of the opponents of a peace deal that aimed...

A turnover of 934.905 million shares worth N6.357 billion in 12,352 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in contrast to a total of 1.287 billion shares valued at N9.303 billion that exchanged hands last week in 15,258 deals. The Market...

China’s foreign exchange reserves dropped  $19 billion in September to a five-year low, government data showed, with the central bank spending heavily to defend its currency against capital outflows. The currency  fell to under $3.17 trillion, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on its website Friday, below median analyst...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has reassured Nigerians that the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country are healthy despite recession. Managing Director of NDIC, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim who stressed this added that 90 per cent of depositors are covered by the corporation with the deposit insured limit pegged...

Customer service is not what you say about yourself, it’s what people say about you through frequent interactions with your customer-facing employees. The customers are the best judges of your customer service strategy. No matter how great your product or service is, if you do not have a great customer...

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has formally replied the allegations levied against him by the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, concerning the choice of the party’s governorship candidate for the Ondo State governorship election. THE FACTS – 2016 ONDO STATE APC GOVERNORSHIP...

  "We are very much on course“ The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun on Friday assured Nigerians that the focus on infrastructure spending by President Muhammadu Buhari administration will unlock the desired growth in the country. The Minister, in an interview with CNBC on the sidelines of the ongoing...

Director, Research and Development, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Uwatt Uwatt, has said the apex bank was planning to introduce a cheaper credits for every operator on the agric-value chain, in order to reduce the high cost of accessing funds for non-oil export businesses, which remains a challenge that...

  …warns developers against encroachment The Bayelsa State Government has constituted a special task force to retrieve all government lands illegally acquired by individuals, communities and companies within and outside Yenagoa as part of efforts to create a planned modern city. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the task force...

As Ogun prepares to conduct local government polls, there is need to break political hegemony and bring governance to the people pursuant to the time-table and schedule of activities released by the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSEIC) for the Local Government election scheduled to hold on 8th  of October,...