Dividends And Dividend Policies
A dividend is the share of corporate profits, distributed to eligible shareholders in the company, and the return that shareholders receive for their investment in the company. Read more about Finance Dividends are often part of a company’s strategy. However, it is not news that many companies do not pay dividends, but rather retain their […]
Law With Ehijeme: The Role Of The People In The Nigerian Polity
It is a people’s world. This is a simple concept yet so powerful that it cuts across every field in life. The engineer works on machines to make life easy for people. The footballer plays football to entertain people. The doctor practices medicine to enhance the health of people. Every field of endeavour has the […]
ThrowBack Thursday: When #OccupyNaija Revived the National Spirit
Following the declaration announcing the removal of fuel subsidy on January 1st 2012, Nigerians took to the streets as immediately as January 2nd protesting the sudden fuel price hike which they deemed unreasonable. The people could not fathom how corruption and the expenses of government officials will be so high while the citizens continue to […]
Kaduna State Government Declare Free Tuition For Public Secondary School Girls
In his article* Osita-Oleribe described the plight of the girl-child: “She is left out in decision making, utilized at homes without due remunerations, kept as home keeper and never allowed to earn a living for herself, used by men as wife, by children as mother, by other women as house girl and by men as […]
What’s the Difference Between a Small Business and a Startup?
The startup fever has engulfed urban Nigeria. But while it has ignited a lot of positive entrepreneurial passion and creativity, it has also brought some unintended consequences with it. One of the less talked about downsides to the whole startup craze is that many people don’t really know what a startup is in the first […]
CBN Revises Policy on Oversees Corporate Card Transactions
According to an official statement by Stanbic IBTC Bank, following a revised policy from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on cards issued by Nigerian Banks to corporate organizations, it will no longer be possible to carry out overseas transactions on Naira denominated corporate cards with immediate effect. Corporate entities with FOREX receivables however can […]
DAFTECH launches Skills4Life Program to equip Nigerian Youths
Skills4Life is a program being put together by DAFTECH (Digital Access Foundation for Technology Development), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to simplify technology, empower educators and inspire students. The program’s main target is to provide basic and advanced courses in Android, iOS, Windows app development, digital effects, classical character animation, film and video editing, […]