Author: InvestAdvocate

FG to Move against Foreign Fuel Suppliers

  By Ejiofor Alike, 10.05.2010    The Federal Government has concluded plans to move against foreign suppliers of petroleum products, who are using their unrestricted access to the fuel-pricing template of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to rip off Nigerian oil marketers, THISDAY has learnt.   The newspaper […]

Nigeria at 50 ranks 40 out of 53 in Governance

  Tuesday, 05 October 2010   Poor governance arising from visionless leadership in Nigeria has continued to attract negative local and international attention as the result of a recent governance performance assessment by a continental body has shown. The 2010 Ibrahim Index of African Governance has ranked Nigeria 40th out […]

Regulation only way to curb bonuses, says RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton

  Jill Treanor,  Tuesday 5 October 2010   • Banks plan to pay £7bn in bonuses this year, thinktank predicts • Bonus payouts will yield £4.1bn in taxes for the Treasury   Regulation rather than self-imposed restraint is the only way to reduce City bonuses, the chairman of Royal Bank of […]