Following the desire of many Nigerians to be enlightened on the new cashless policy, BusinessWorld newspaper, with the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), would be organizing a 3-Day Cash-Less Lagos Fair at LTV Event Centre, Agidingbi, Lagos, May 9-11, 2012.

A group of 11,000 Nigerians, whose identities could not ascertained at press time have  launched a suit against Royal Dutch Shell at the London High Court on Friday, seeking multi- millions of dollars in compensation for two oil spills in 2008 that they say destroyed their livelihoods.

The recent diplomatic rift between Nigeria and South Africa torched by SA's deportation of visiting Nigerian businesspeople was a wake-up call for Pretoria, a prominent businessman has said.

Indications have emerged that Nigeria will soon boast for a local assembly plant that will produce locomotive engines, coaches, and wagons, as talks are currently ongoing between the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and General Electric of Brazil (GE) on a partnership that will yield this result.

Dr. Yerima Ngama, minister of state for finance, has disclosed plans by the federal government to seek a $670 million interest-free loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).

A Nigerian investment bank is said to be partnering Zambia’s largest distributor of power in the financing and development of six new hydroelectric power stations worth over $1 billion in Zambia, an industry official said at the weekend.

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, minister of agriculture and rural development, said last week that the federal government is disturbed that country spends over N1.3 trillion yearly on the importation of basic food items including wheat, rice, sugar and fish and may take drastic measures to reverse the trend.

Many companies, today, focus so much on the sales, advertising and marketing their brand, while forgetting one very important part - their customer service. And though the former are extremely important, organisations should also ensure they pay attention to customer service.