By Kola Popson It has been said many a time by many that Nigerians are the most enduring people in the world. Truthfully, Nigerians are enduring and tolerant people. However, it has also been noted by many that Nigerians are the easiest to cheat and take for granted. The tolerating attitude of Nigerians to virtually everything has resulted to foreign ... Read More »
Category Archives: Business
OBAMA INVITES TONY ELUMELU TO WHITE HOUSE
By Kola Popson The founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme, Tony O. Elumelu has been invited by President Obama to speak at a White House event on May 11th, which recognises emerging global entrepreneurs and highlights the importance of investing in women and young entrepreneurs. In the same vein, applicants have been automatically enrolled as members of the Tony ... Read More »
MEADOWHALL GROUP MD WANTS INCENTIVES FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
The Federal Government has been called upon to look into the possibility of establishing a special low interest rate fund to aid borrowings by private sector investors in social services as a means of halting the decadence in the nation’s crumbling social infrastructure. Chief Executive Officer of MeadowHall Group, Mrs. Kehinde Nwani, made the appeal during a recent media roundtable ... Read More »
Aliko Dangote Still Considering Buying Arsenal FC
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said he still wants to buy English Premier League soccer team Arsenal even after he was rebuffed by its owners in 2010. Nigeria’s Dangote, an Arsenal fan worth $15.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, discussed buying a stake in the club five years ago before talks with the owners fell through, he said. ... Read More »
Breaking News: Dangote Eyes London Stock Exchange
Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has set his sights on the London Stock Exchange and already has an idea about when his company will list there. The President of Dangote Group, one of the continent’s largest conglomerates, let this out in an interview with Bloomberg TV. He did not, however, disclose which of his companies he will use for ... Read More »
FULL REPORT OF FORENSIC AUDIT OF NNPC ACCOUNTS
Click below to read the full Report of Forensic Audit of NNPC Accounts. President Jonathan Ordered the Immediate Release Of the Report Of Forensic Audit Of National Petroleum Corporation of Nigeria, NNPC, Accounts, to put to rest speculations that 20 billion US dollars was missing. Full Report of Forensic Audit of NNPC Accounts here Read More »
WEMA BANK AT 70: HOW IT WEATHERED THE STORM AND STAYED HEALTHY (BY KOLA POPSON)
Wema Bank will be celebrating her seventy (70) years of existence as a banking organization in Nigeria. It is on record that Wema Bank is the longest surviving and the most resilient indigenous Nigerian bank. The bank was established on May 2, 1945 as a Private Liability Company with the name, Agbomade Bank Limited. It was granted a commercial banking ... Read More »
CARDEXPO AFRICA 2015 SET TO FOCUS ON EPAYMENT INCENTIVES AND INNOVATION TO DRIVE GROWTH
PRESS RELEASE CARDEXPO AFRICA 2015 SET TO FOCUS ON EPAYMENT INCENTIVES AND INNOVATION TO DRIVE GROWTH Intermarc Consulting Limited is set to host the 15th edition of Africa’s most anticipated CARDEXPO AFRICA 2015 Conference and Exhibition with special focus on Card, Mobile, Identification and Payment. The event will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suite, Victoria Island, Lagos, from June ... Read More »
#NoToXenophobia: Durban is open for business Mayor and Premier Assures
All stakeholders should rest assured that despite the recent violence directed at foreign nationals, KwaZulu-Natal and Durban is open for business. Our country stands firmly against all intolerances such as racism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism. We continue to condemn the senseless violence and call for constructive dialogue to take place. Government’s interventions to ensure that all major business activities continue ... Read More »
WHY CONSUMERS PREFER ACE ROOTS – OLUWALUSI
Nigerian Breweries Plc’s Zonal Business Manager – West, Opeyemi Oluwalusi has revealed the secret behind consumers’ preference for the company’s newest product, Ace Roots, ready-to-drink (RTD) herbal mixture the company launched into the Nigerian beverage market recently. According to Oluwalusi who introduced the product to the company’s teeming trade partners (retailers, distributors, bar operators) and consumers at separate Trade launch/unveiling ... Read More »