‘Losing monetary independence is not worth it if trade is less than 10%’

Adesola AfolabiMay 28, 2018

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano and a former Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, fielded questions bordering on the state of industrialization, integration, investments, and finance on the African continent at sideline of the 2018 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group in Busan, Korea. Business a.m.’s ADESOLA AFOLABI who monitored the televised […]

Government can woo private sector by executing gas infrastructure blueprint

Bukola OdufadeMay 21, 2018

As the world embraces diversified fuel sources, sophisticated energy facilities and different sources of clean energy, growth in the Nigerian gas industry is happening at a very slow pace, and the country is lagging behind. Poor implementation of the Gas Master Plan, inadequate gas infrastructure, and ineffective pricing, the key issues still persist. Chijioke Nwaozuzu, […]

Every human being is a millionaire, but many die penniless – Awosika

Adesola AfolabiMay 14, 2018

Businesses across the globe are often times plagued with the hard decisions bordering on expansion, customer’s passion and avoiding financial stagnation. These decisions for business owners in entertainment may be more profound as issues other than running cost and meeting deliverables compete with showing up, showbiz and looking good to negatively impact bottom lines of […]

Nigeria operates uneconomic, illiquid gas, power sectors

Businessam StaffApril 25, 2018

Dada Thomas, Managing director of Frontier Oil limited and serving president of the Nigeria Gas Association spoke to business a.m. on the investment climate in the Nigerian gas and power sector, and the myriad of challenges operators face, from pricing to fiscal laws governing operations in the sector, as well as the way forward to […]

We see massive collaboration among telcos in Nigeria

Businessam StaffMarch 29, 2018

About three weeks ago, a Canadian, Miriam Tuerk, managing director of Clear Blue Technologies of Canada, placed a call to business a.m. to announce that she was coming to Nigeria and would like an exclusive interview with this newspaper. Being only five weeks in the Nigeria print media market, it came as a surprise that […]

New vista of fresh foreign investment flows with demutualisation of NSE

Businessam StaffMarch 23, 2018

In her time as Director-General of The Nigerian Stock Exchange, the personality of Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, who had joined the bourse upon her return to Nigeria from New York, United States of America in 1983, as manager and head of research and information services department, bestrode the Nigerian capital market and Corporate Nigeria like a colossus. […]

Banks earning may drop in 2018 – Kurfi Kasimu

Kayode OgunwaleMarch 21, 2018

Kurfi Kasimu, the managing director and chief executive officer of APT Securities and Funds Limited

Kurfi Kasimu, the managing director and chief executive officer of APT Securities and Funds Limited, spoke with Kayoed Ogunwale, on banks earnings in 2018 and implications of CBN policy on dividend payment by banks amongst others. Excerpts:  Activities at the Nigerian stock market have been on the upward swing for a considerable period of time […]