Nigeria Business News » Blogs http://businessnews.com.ng Nigeria Business News Fri, 24 May 2013 09:09:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Untold Story of Divided SEC Management http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/10/the-untold-story-of-divided-sec-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-untold-story-of-divided-sec-management http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/10/the-untold-story-of-divided-sec-management/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 18:33:13 +0000 Mswala Bothe http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=14280 Many Nigerians and other watchers of the ongoing capital market public hearing were shocked as Executive Commissioners at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), took turns to deny taking part in many important initiatives and actions taken by the Director General, Ms Arunma Oteh. Many of those who saw this on live TV were shocked [...]

The Untold Story of Divided SEC Management

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/10/the-untold-story-of-divided-sec-management/feed/ 5 SEC DG: Much ado about eligibility! http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/07/sec-dg-much-ado-about-eligibility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sec-dg-much-ado-about-eligibility http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/07/sec-dg-much-ado-about-eligibility/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:35:20 +0000 Mswala Bothe http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=14152 As I listened to Mr. Sunny Nwosu, the leader of the Independent Shareholders Association (ISA) while he delivered his submission to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Nigerian Capital Market, I shuddered in utter disappointment and disbelief at the calumny he was mouthing. Knowing all that he knows about the Nigerian capital market, its players, [...]

SEC DG: Much ado about eligibility!

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/07/sec-dg-much-ado-about-eligibility/feed/ 0 Politics And The State http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/07/politics-and-the-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=politics-and-the-state http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/07/politics-and-the-state/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 08:57:04 +0000 Ottoabasi Abasiekong http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=14141 The French Presidential Elections  turned  out to be an interesting one on May 6 as   Incumbent President Nicholas Sarkozy  suffered defeat to Socialist Party Candidate Francois Hollande after the second round becoming  the First incumbent French President in 30 years to lose an election. But for many that knew President Sarkozy he was  a [...]

Politics And The State

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/05/07/politics-and-the-state/feed/ 0 Menace Of Truck And Tanker Drivers And The Failure Of Regulations http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/08/menace-of-truck-and-tanker-drivers-and-the-failure-of-regulations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=menace-of-truck-and-tanker-drivers-and-the-failure-of-regulations http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/08/menace-of-truck-and-tanker-drivers-and-the-failure-of-regulations/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:25:53 +0000 Akanimo Asuquo Sunday http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=13309 The recurring carnage on our roads occasioned by the by the vicious activities of reckless truck and trailer drivers and the seeming helpless posturing adopted by concerned authorities is hitting an insane level. More than ever, we are witnessing an upsurge in the collateral damages caused by these merchants of deaths on our roads who [...]

Menace Of Truck And Tanker Drivers And The Failure Of Regulations

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/08/menace-of-truck-and-tanker-drivers-and-the-failure-of-regulations/feed/ 0 The capital market public hearing fiasco http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/02/the-capital-market-public-hearing-fiasco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-capital-market-public-hearing-fiasco http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/02/the-capital-market-public-hearing-fiasco/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:50:12 +0000 Tayo Oke http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=13160 The exchange of verbal missiles between the Chairman of the House Committee on Capital Market, Herman Hembe, and the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh, which the country (indeed the world), has witnessed in the last couple of weeks could be viewed in one of two ways: either it could be seen as [...]

The capital market public hearing fiasco

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/02/the-capital-market-public-hearing-fiasco/feed/ 0 Strategies For Attaining Sustainable Food Security http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/31/strategies-for-attaining-sustainable-food-security/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strategies-for-attaining-sustainable-food-security http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/31/strategies-for-attaining-sustainable-food-security/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:37:42 +0000 Ottoabasi Abasiekong http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=13120 The World   Food summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”. Commonly, the concept of food security is defined as including both physical and economic access to food that meets people’s dietary needs as well [...]

Strategies For Attaining Sustainable Food Security

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/31/strategies-for-attaining-sustainable-food-security/feed/ 0 Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and me http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/25/sanusi-lamido-sanusi-and-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanusi-lamido-sanusi-and-me http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/25/sanusi-lamido-sanusi-and-me/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:08:23 +0000 Tunde Fagbenle http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=12976 Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Tunde Fagbenle, Post was earlier published on punchng.com Since the brouhaha over fuel subsidy removal began, I have had some engaging exchanges with our irrepressible governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. I have decided to serve my readers some of these as the issues [...]

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and me

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/25/sanusi-lamido-sanusi-and-me/feed/ 2 SEC Nigeria Vs Honourable Hembe: Enough of the Banter http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/21/sec-nigeria-vs-honourable-hembe-enough-of-the-banter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sec-nigeria-vs-honourable-hembe-enough-of-the-banter http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/21/sec-nigeria-vs-honourable-hembe-enough-of-the-banter/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:19:56 +0000 Aretha Dadzie http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=12885 Editors Note: This guest post is written by Aretha Dadzie The so called SEC probe has sure generated a lot of heat with accusations trailing back and forth as to who did what. My concern however is the impact this will actually have on the capital market. I am also curious as to why there would be [...]

SEC Nigeria Vs Honourable Hembe: Enough of the Banter

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/21/sec-nigeria-vs-honourable-hembe-enough-of-the-banter/feed/ 0 OTEHGATE: Shocking Example Of Government Corruption http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/19/otehgate-shocking-example-of-government-corruption/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=otehgate-shocking-example-of-government-corruption http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/19/otehgate-shocking-example-of-government-corruption/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:18:55 +0000 Kunle Ladeinde http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=12804 Like many other Nigerians, I was partly distressed and partly overjoyed when I watched the exchange of words between the SEC boss, Aruma Oteh and Herman Hembe, Chairman for the House Committee on Capital Markets. Honourable Hembe playing the role of the righteous defender of the people tried to intimidate Mrs. Oteh with accusations of [...]

OTEHGATE: Shocking Example Of Government Corruption

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/19/otehgate-shocking-example-of-government-corruption/feed/ 1 Goldman Sachs Muppetgate: A Lesson for Nigeria’s Corporate World http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/19/goldman-sachs-muppetgate-a-lesson-for-nigerias-corporate-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goldman-sachs-muppetgate-a-lesson-for-nigerias-corporate-world http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/03/19/goldman-sachs-muppetgate-a-lesson-for-nigerias-corporate-world/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:54:34 +0000 Micheal Irene http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=12799 Editors Note: This guest post is written by Michael Irene, he is a creative writing doctoral student at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. I was drawn to the article “Why I left Goldman Sachs” by Greg Smith and published in The New York Times of March 14, 2012. It is a tale about the growing ugliness [...]

Goldman Sachs Muppetgate: A Lesson for Nigeria’s Corporate World

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