SUNDAY AKINTOLA: HOW MUSHIN HOME BOY GREW MULTI-MILLION NAIRA BUSINESSES IN MUSHIN, LAGOS

SUNDAY AKINTOLA is specially proud of beating all the odds as a home boy growing up in the densely populated Mushin area of Lagos State to become a successful owner of business chains that span micro finance and telecommunications. In this interview with GOKE OLUWOLE, and TAI ADEWALE SHOFELA, Chairman of Sovereign Micro Finance [...]

IS THE PRESIDENCY STILL ON VACATION?

It is no longer news that the problem Nigeria is having and may continue to haunt her has to do with lack of a functional plan or not planning at all or both. Either way, the fact remains that we need to do some re-think by way of seeing to it that we have a [...]

INVESTMENT GUIDELINE FOR 2009

You are welcome to 2009, I want to wish you a happy new year and my sincere prayer is that the Almighty God will see you through the year. During the course of the Christmas and New Year break I took time to reminisce on the events that took place in the financial markets in [...]

Good management pays healthy dividends

Schroenn also comments that companies need to look both internally and externally for input on their people management policies. “It helps to have an experienced partner on board that has the knowledge and resources to offer proactive support and guidance to businesses.

McKinsey Global Survey Results: How companies make good decisions

Furthermore, strong majorities of respondents say the results of their initiatives met their expectations for speed, implementation cost, and gains in market share or efficiency.

WHEN CONDOMS AND APHRODISIAC DOMINATE SHOPPING ITEMS

Written by Tom Obaseki.

Yes, Welcome to 2009. Yes, Most of us Pharmacists are usually always pushed to the peak of professional counselling during end of year celebrations. Christmas and New Year celebrations are supposed to be periods for stock taking and sober reflections. Unfortunately, it is now associated with high level of promiscuity, infidelity and [...]

CRISP FUN AT SKYEBANK END OF THE YEAR PARTY

Work hard, play hard, clear all worries form the fulcrum of the marketing theme of Skye Bank’s Hakuna Matata!

Staff of the bank lived it up big time at the bank’s year end party that had top of the range artistes including 9ice and D’banj perform live on stage!

It was merry making all the way with [...]

RUMBLE AT MTN

There was tremor, no, shake up particularly at the sponsorship department of the leading telecommunication company, MTN.

Key officers including Osaze Ebueku were seconded to another department for reasons described by our source as classified.

The new officers have since taken up the challenge and mandate to ensure that MTN gets more than a fair share of [...]

Shock Treatment At Oceanic Bank ATM

It was not a palatable experience for customers of Oceanic Bank, Toyin Street, Ikeja branch, in December when the bank’s automated teller machine (ATM) decided to give customers the ’shock treatment’ as yuletide gift.

Of course, many customers had to stylishly and sensibly retrieve their cards to avoid possible electrocution.

However, we are glad to inform all [...]

Investor Beware! A Preview of the Nigerian Capital Market in 2009

Capital market drivers. The prosperity of the capital market depends on the prosperity of the economy. Thus the capacity of the market to successfully provide long-term funds and a good platform to trade in the accompanying securities will depend on the strength of macroeconomic productivity. A productive economy is invariably one in which economic agents [...]