IF there is one area we’re getting it all wrong, it has to be the personnel management aspect. The entire process we adopt is so wrong. I often wonder why we all complain that our workers give us the worst headaches. It is a miracle we’re not all consumed by our grave mistakes in this area.

IT is common knowledge that the problem of capital market can not be resolved without addressing the issue of Registrars. Registrars are very vital to the capital market because of the pivotal rules they play in bringing efficiency to the market.

IT is common knowledge that the problem of capital market can not be resolved without addressing the issue of Registrars. Registrars are very vital to the capital market because of the pivotal rules they play in bringing efficiency to the market.

WE are now in the 7th week of the year 2010, we can say the market is getting it right. The All Share Index gained more than 10 per cent s which confirmed the confidence we have that in this year there is likelihood of recovery and the journey so far has proved that the market is all-out for recovery.
The most interesting thing is that the market rewards according to performance of the company, we can says precisely that this time around the market is in the right direction.

NIGERIA is the leading producer of Gum Arabic in West Africa. As well, it is the second largest world producer/exporter of Gum Arabic after Sudan. Gum Arabic (acacia senegalis) is a perennial tree found growing wild in large commercial quantity in the northern parts of Nigeria.

I had a very interesting personal experience about not playing games of any type with prices. Now I know the best thing is not to try and win any points by playing around prices.
I was new in business then and I believed then that you must employ every lawful means to get customers. I had earlier realized the business thrived on turnover. Again, my sales team leader said to me, “Madam, if we can capture (he named a very thickly populated area) we are made, in short your problem will be how to spend your money”. That sounded wonderful; isn’t the pursuit of fabulous wealth one of my reasons for resigning to run my own business?

On page 5 of the AR, the EPS/DIVIDEND ratios for 2007 and 2008 were (179/170) or 1.05294 and (182/120) or 1.5166 respectively. Did it meet the criteria I stated in some earlier paragraphs? Find out.

ONE lady summarized what it takes to be an entrepreneur in Nigeria very well. She said the person must have the heart of a lion. That is a basic requirement for survival. A stout, sturdy mental state must be there or how else can one be so many things at the same time without going round the bend?  The dear woman was answering questions in a newspaper interview.