Mo Farah joins campaign to keep cash transfers
Campaigners pressing Barclays to keep open cash transfer businesses to poorer countries have presented a petition to Downing Street signed by 25,500 people, including Olympic gold winner Mo Farah....
View ArticleNCC, NBC to cooperate towards industry transformation
The Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Broadcasting Commission, which are government parastatals, have pledged to work more closely together in order to deliver the dividends of modern...
View ArticleRio Tinto stops sale of aluminium business
Macquarie Group expert Jeff Largey: “It’s better than simply destroying value by trying to sell it for a distressed price” Mining giant, Rio Tinto, says it has given up trying to sell its aluminium...
View ArticlePutting the library in the pocket
In my university days, I took a compulsory course in Library Science known as ‘Use of library’. It involved cataloging, indexing and the use of library cards. Whatever your discipline, the library was...
View ArticleThe functionality of WordPress
WordPress just released version 3.6 which has once more placed it a step ahead. Anytime, there is an update theme and plugin developers will have to test and fix any compatibility issues they observe....
View ArticleAdvertisers did not like our business idea — Izamoje
The Chief Executive Officer of Brila Group, Dr. Larry Izamoje, spoke to UDEME EKWERE on the business climate in the country and the way forward You started as a print journalist; why did you switch to...
View ArticleLivestock farmers oppose registration bill
The Association of Livestock Owners and Input Suppliers in Oyo State has called for the review of animal farm, hatchery and feed mill registration laws to protect the livestock sub-sector of...
View Article31,896 retirees demand N33.76bn gratuity
About 31,986 retirees and the next of kin of dead pensioners from different parastatals of the Federal Government have claimed a total of N33.76bn pension benefits. According to the latest report of...
View ArticleLessons Nigeria should learn from South Korea
It emerged from a fratricidal war with its Northern brothers, a devastated country. So poor it was exporting mere tungsten and fish that with $82 national per capita income, it ranked among the bottom...
View ArticleOrganisations are reluctant to support charity — Olofinro
Yewande Olofinro, 30, is the Chief Executive Officer of Green Pasture Kiddies. She spoke with Tope Omogbolagun on the challenges of running the charity organisation Why did you go into a charity...
View ArticleCustomer account opening mandate: Matters Arising
In the past two publications of this column, we dealt with two aspects of bank customers’ account opening mandate. We dealt with basic definitions and information on account mandate in the first...
View ArticleNon-compliance with NUBAN may delay salary —FG
The Federal Government on Sunday directed all its ministries, department and agencies to update their bank details to the uniform account numbers. A statement issued by the Deputy Director, Press, in...
View ArticleProtecting minority shareholders
Recently, there were calls by some stakeholders in the Nigerian Capital Market for regulatory authorities to do more to protect minority shareholders. Simon Ejembi writes on some of the issues raised...
View ArticleOAU identifies e-Learning as next shift in education
There are convincing signals that Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife is retooling for e-learning following the formal unveiling of the Centre of Excellence in software engineering recently at the...
View ArticleGTBank upgrades social banking service
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc on Friday said it had upgraded its social banking service by making its Facebook page to accommodate instant GTBank account opening. The banks said the upgrade would allow...
View ArticleN4.423bn debt: NEITI reveals PPPRA acknowledgment letter
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative on Sunday released a letter sent to it by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, acknowledging the draft audit report of NEITI....
View ArticleNigerian ICT companies to attend Dubai exhibition
The Information Technology Association of Nigeria is partnering the United States-based Pinnacle International Consulting LLC to organise the first Nigerian Pavilion at GITEX Technology Week holding...
View ArticleLaw Union & Rock expresses commitment to ERM
Law Union & Rock Insurance Plc has said it has developed its Enterprise Risk Management system to ensure that the company professionally underwrite risks. A statement by the firm on Friday quoted...
View ArticleLAWMA to host ‘Waste to Food’ programme
The Lagos Waste Management Authority has said plans have been concluded by to host this year’s edition of the Waste to Food programme on Saturday, August 17, 2013. This was disclosed by the Managing...
View ArticleGerman government bonds decline
German bonds dropped this week as investors’ appetite for safer assets waned. The volume of bond futures traded dropped this week as investors awaited Germany’s federal election and the Federal...
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