Government to restructure MASLOC

Government is strategizing to restructure and re-organize the Micro-Finance and Small Loan Centre (MASLOC), to enable it to effectively finance local entrepreneurs and rural agriculture. This would also help boost that sector and…

Gold price rises as euro falls

Bullion rebounded on Friday as the euro lost strength despite better-than-forecast debt auctions by Spain and Italy, while purchases from jewelers and investors, which sent premiums for gold bars to two-year highs, offered additional…

Goodluck Jonathan wins party primary

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has won party primaries, making him the favourite ahead of April's elections. Mr Jonathan's main challenger was ex-vice-president Atiku Abubakar, who was supported by some northern powerbrokers. The…