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  Sterling Bank plc rewards its customers in its on-going MoneyGram 'gear up for school promo' for their patronage using the bank’s channels to transfer and receive funds abroad. The winners which were selected during a national raffle draw in Lagos, were Olalekan Alominle (Marina branch); Adenike Daniel (Iwo Road branch); Femi Adams (Ogba branch); Wole Oweye (Idimu branch);  and Charles Ude (Alaba 1branch). Others are Tele Adedoyin (Oke Ado branch) and Idowu Kolawole (Demurin branch). Gift items won included netnote books and backpacks. While presenting the gifts to the winners, Abdul-Fattah Amoo, group head, e-Channels, Sterling Bank, said the…

    The New Year started on an optimistic note during trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, as major indicators maintained an upward movement in a three-day gaining streak.   The market capitalisation of the 186 first tier equities, which closed 2012 transaction at N7.91 trillion, rose to N9.10 trillion as at January 3. The all-share index also increased from 27,866.51 by December 31, 2012 to 28,501.21 as at January 3.   The financial sector led the market transaction volume with 134.20 million units valued at N1.21 million exchanged in 1,655 deals as against 93.57 million…

    Through an incisive public lecture, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management brings to the fore the burning issue of unemployment   With an increasing unemployment rate, there is a shortage of specialists in key sectors of the economy. That worrisome statistic informed the theme of this year’s annual public lecture of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, CIPM, Skills Acquisition And Entrepreneurship: Prerequisite For National Development, which aimed at bridging the gap between unemployment, skill acquisition and entrepreneurship.   Godwin Omene, guest speaker and former managing director/chief executive officer of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, pointed out the…

    Experts map out strategies on how to use the capital market to drive government’s economic transformation agenda   For Arunma Oteh, director-general, DG, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, being more innovative, courageous and more pragmatic are fundamental steps that must be taken in order to grow a capital market, which can drive rapid economic prosperity as captured in the Transformation Agenda of the present administration. She poses further questions: “How can we create a market that can help to diversify our economy away from oil to a broad-based and more robust economy? How can the capital market play…