NIRSAL Plc: Addicted to innovation
Established ten years ago, NIRSAL PLC has, especially over the past five years under its current management, became a visible and respected presence on the nation’s financial and agribusiness scene.
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Konga, true business case for emerging African entrepreneurs
I have read and digested the very comprehensive independent submission made by e-Live consultant, Kelvin Mulungwe on the e-commerce race in Africa between Jumia and Konga.
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Customs: A perspective on import valuation – Timi Bomodi
International trade is often conducted under globally accepted processes and procedures. These processes are hinged on protocols adopted via conventions and treaties. The World Customs Organisation, being the international body for the regulation of local Customs authorities worldwide, has come up with guidelines for the application of rules adopted by its members and other international organisations.
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Why the Water Resources Bill must be rejected
By Michael Owhoko– There are strong indications that the National Water Resources Bill 2020 will soon be reintroduced at the National Assembly. If passed into law, communities and people living along water fronts in the country, particularly Niger Delta Region, Lagos State and other aquatic areas in the country will be deprived of their major source of livelihood – fishing.
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PIA: Beyond fanfare and reservations
By Mon-Charles Egbo– At last, the tortuous journey to strengthen Nigeria’s oil and gas sector came to an end with President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB thus transforming it to Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. But quite instructively, the spate of reactions that trail this development has diminished the ultimate intentions of the legislation. Nobody seems interested in knowing why in the first place, the need arose for the overhaul of the petroleum industry.
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Fayemi, the undertakers and the naysayers
By Adeola Agoro– When a loved one passes away, the grief cannot be described, especially if the person dies suddenly without any long-term illness, or is young, or is the breadwinner of the family or a grand old family member who left worthy and never to be forgotten legacies.
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Electronic Transmission of Results: The joke is on NASS, INEC, not NCC
By Aliyu Momodu– In the heat of the debate over Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the propriety and workability of electronic transmission of result, the House of Representatives invited the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the nation’s telecoms regulator.
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FirstBank celebrates 2021 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week, Calls for all to adopt kindness as a way of life
The best definition of kindness is not one provided by any of the world’s best dictionaries but one demonstrated by how we treat others on a daily basis. Kindness is a universal language that does not require any special knowledge, exposure, skills, training or background to understand and appreciate it as a beneficiary or observer of a kind act. Neither is any special knowledge or training required to show and extend it to others.
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Zinox boss’ prediction of women leading Corporate Nigeria from 2026 will come to pass
By Hilary Audu– In a world that is predominantly patriarchal in nature, it is refreshing to see the women-folk doing great things and giving the men-folk a good run for their money.
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Why leadership matters
By Kehinde David Folarin– In the light of the tremendous stress laid upon the leadership role in both secular and religious worlds, it is a general principle that we can influence and lead others only so far as we ourselves have gone. The person most likely to be successful is the one who leads not by merely pointing the way, but by having trodden it himself. We are leaders to the extent that we inspire others to follow us.
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