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Economic management requires complementary application of monetary and fiscal policies. Nigeria’s case is either lopsided or outright absence, with the attendant implications, which appear mixed. CHIJIOKE NELSON reviews the development. There is no gainsay that the last one year has witnessed a great volume of policy turnover, especially in the monetary policy side. Even in…

THE Alliance Against Monopoly (AAM) has debunked a recent report in some national newspapers that it was planning a nationwide protest against some policy initiatives of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, saying the stories were conceived to hoodwink and mislead the unsuspecting public.

LEADING indigenous and homegrown company in the medical diagnostic and healthcare sector, Union Diagnostic and Clinical Services (UDCS) Plc has been awarded the 2015 African Best Quality Diagnostic Company of the Year in recognition of her professionalism in quality assurance culture and quality management practices.

A UNITED States (U.S.) licenced Broker and Investment Advisor of Nigerian origin, Dr. Christopher Ogbogu Okoli, has predicted that Nigeria would go through “some traumatic financial pains” in the near future, warning Nigerians to prepare their minds for the long painful process of restoring all the many decades of destruction in the country.

REMARKABLE achievements by Nigerians who reside in overseas countries are difficult to identify in light of the widespread view that our citizens are mostly involved in inappropriate behaviour, regardless of where they live.

Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada, has commended Ecobank Nigeria for funding the multi-million naira Ecobank-National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Youth Friendly Centre at Kogi State University, Ayingba.

The Chairman, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Atedo Peterside, said for a quick return of investor confidence in the country, there must be a clear focus on espousing credible policy options that would enthrone a regime of fiscal stability.

The call for the current administration to reform the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been described as hasty and smacks of “an over-boiling steam for patriotism and consummate desire to ensure that the management of the Nigerian economy delivers growth and generate employment.

Indications have emerged that the Treasury Single Account debit was short of expected amount by 47 per cent at N345 billion. In a report put together by Renaissance Capital on Monday, out of the estimated N652 billion government’s naira deposits in banks, only 53 per cent entered the TSA vault, falling short of N307 billion.

Smile Telecoms is a pan-African telecommunications provider that owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800 MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.

A wealth advisory firm- Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, said it has executed major deals worth trillions of naira for the country’s corporate organisations in its 20 years of existence.

The global accounting body- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), said its product and pricing development was created for the benefit of those looking to become qualified accountants and in consideration of affordability.