Entrepreneurs should be transparent in business–Niran-Oladunni
By UCHE USIM
Thursday, February 02, 2012

“For a business entity to succeed and remain sustainable, it must be rooted in transparency, hardwork and sincerity of purpose.” These are the usual words of Moyosola Niran-Oladunni, the Chief Efficiency Officer of I-Cube West Africa Limited, and he has made same his guiding principle. | Read Story

• Subsidy removal: FG should channel revenue to devt– Anyaegbu, CEO, Chisco
• I did not plan to be a transporter, I started from scratch– G. U. Okeke
• Gas sector key to economic prosperity– Tinubu, Oando boss
• Remove oil subsidy, destroy maritime industry– Rafiu Ladipo
• Our officers are now highly motivated– DIKKO
• Capital market deep enough to fund infrastructure deficit– Ogogo
• We need N100bn to fix infrastructure in border towns-Gov Amosun
• We plan to build 36 skills centres in Nigeria –Wapmuk
• Until we address issue of infrastructure, it is going to be difficult to revive the economy–Nwanze
• How villagers frustrate Customs, by Dimka, FOU boss
• We need honest people into NDDC Board –Izuokumor
• Why we need N11bn IGR in Benue– Ayabam, Chairman, BIRS
• Nigerians should accept deregulation of power sector – Sambo
• Sourcing raw materials locally is big challenge– Beri
• Why we stopped producing Dunlop tyres locally– Babayemi
• Many Nigerian millionaires pay as little as N40,000 tax per annum – Eze
• GSM tariff in Nigeria is very high – Chineke
• We can link high forex demand in Nigeria to money laundering– Abdullahi Shehu
• Our revenue target for this year is N819bn – Dikko
• You don’t need godfather to win government contracts— Ezeh DG, BPP
• Cruise tourism is being hampered by high cost of doing business in Nigeria – Soluade
• Real reasons cement price is high–Iweta
• Nigerian ports are not supportive of growth–Sarumi
• Why we are investing in Independent Power Plants –Fashola
• My imprisonment was political – Dabo
• ‘AMCON is brilliant devt in banking industry’
• Govt should partner private sector in healthcare delivery – Amiengheme
• Reform of power sector will transform lives of Nigerians– Onagoruwa, DG, BPE
• CBN, AMCON should create better platform for acquired shares of rescued banks – Mikail
• Create special intervention fund for leasing industry– Olarinde, MD/CE Flexilease
• Govt policies crippling investments in gas sector – Ilu
• Plight of Nigeria pensioners will soon be over-Maina
• Roadmap’ll resolve power sector crisis – PHCN manager
• Why Nigeria lacks functional refineries– Ubah
• Some financial transactions have to be digitally signed – Ibedu
• Delay in passage of Petroleum Industry Bill into law creates lull in the industry – Alison-Madueke
• Resist re-colonization of banking sector by foreign investors – Ayodeji
• We recovered N540m from loan defaulters in one year – NEXIM MD
• Our task forces have generated over N9bn revenue—Tahir
• Our target is the time-starved business and political elite–Ted Iwere
• Sanusi’s reforms are appropriate –Gafa
• We sold N239bn bad loans to AMCON – Osibodu
• Why foreign investors are wary of Nigeria’s aviation sector –Arumemi-Ikhide
• Proper land reform policy will boost economy – Kazeem
• Business leadership must begin at home – Chibundu
• Our marketing strategy yielding good dividend –STI boss
• EFCC should be involved in recovering debt owed FAAN – Anyim Ude
• There is need to have maritime bank – Irafor
• Nigeria has failed woefully in housing delivery – Adediji
• Increased wages is propeller for productivity – Anyanwu
• We’ve started a quiet revolution in Anambra – Onuekwusi
• ‘Nigeria must be proactive to achieve economic independence’
• Why we should restructure the financial system, by Sanusi
• Capital market will come up again – Chioke
• Microfinance banks can do better than commercial banks – Wale Adeduro
• Expect mergers and acquisitions in insurance industry – Ojinnaka
• There’s need to open up African skies– Naikuni, GMD, Kenya Airways
• Only credible elections can foster growth in Capital Market – Faruk Umar
• The secret of my success in business is honesty – Molade Okoya Thomas
• Vision 20:2020 is achievable – Minister
• Many businesses are shutting down because of insecurity – RMS CEO
• ‘You need hard work to be in clothing business’
• No sane investor can source funds at 22% interest –Okolo, NACCIMA president
• PENCOM may sue media houses
• You don’t borrow to bury the dead with our policy – Cornerstone
• Why I exited capital market – Modestus
• Vandals are crippling service delivery in telecom industry – Adebayo
• We have capacity to support committed entrepreneurs – Fidelity Bank MD
• We’re creating attractive investment options for investors – Oando boss
• My target is to provide business opportunities for Nigerian youths – Amogu
• Our merger with Iberia ’ll yield 400m Euros yearly – Keith Williams
• Many indigenous firms have capacity for oil and gas business – Williams
• ‘We can empower youths through photography’
• Inadequate funding greatest threat to our operations – Egbin power boss
• Fish farming is lucrative, dynamic – Nzelu
• Our policies will ensure greater local participation in oil, gas business – Alison-Madueke
• Nigeria will hit 4m barrels daily crude oil production target soon
  – Anthony Abolarin
• 'Our plan is to produce 1000 buses per month'
• Why Nigerians oppose increase in VAT – CITN chairman
• Contact is key to success in oil business –Akubueze, MD/CEO, Oliak Oil
• Chat & Co. Ltd. started from my kitchen – Mrs. Okoli
• Port reform will reduce government’s financial burden – Alh. Kareem
• Why AFC executes mega projects across Africa – Bayo Ogunlesi, Chairman
• Insurers must underwrite maritime, aviation, telecoms to grow – Adedipe
• NIPOST flushes out quacks from Courier Industry – Emeje, Asst. PMG
• We want to increase shareholder value via N3bn mega project – Joseph Odumodu, MD, May & Baker
• Insurance industry not growing well – Mgbojikwe, ILAN president
• Why we are mounting campaigns to woo bond investors – Dr Abraham Nwankwo
• Lafarge Cement Wapco, second to none with Lakatabu project – Chief Olusegun Osunkeye
• World Cup: We brokered $8m deal, spent over N8bn – GM, Consumer Marketing, MTN
• How business terrain is choking cement production – Alhaji Aliko Dangote
• FGN bonds not choking out corporate bonds from market – Dr Mansur Muhtar
• Deregulation is the only answer to subsidy issue – Uforo
• We have helped many Nigerians to become landlords – Abbey Building Society CEO
• People should comply with letters of the Local Content Law – Ernest Nwapa,
• Make-up for the dead is good business – Okusanya Jnr
• CBN intervention removed me from my job, but it is timely– Ano Anyanwu
• In advertising, if you are not creative, you die – Funke Nwankwo
• ECOWAS committed to common currency –WAMI boss
• How we achieved 17% market share in Nigeria
• I hit gold in commodity export trading – Umeokafor, CEO, Jocarol Nigeria Ltd
• Retirement exciting if planned –Nnadi, outgoing NASB CEO
• Our new factory will crash prices of cement –Ufomba, CEO Reagan Cement
• Don’t expect stable power from PHCN –Emezie, solar energy provider
• Insurance firms encourage introducing new products
• Reform of petroleum industry necessary – Allison
• Why we want to provide an alternative power source
  in Ogun –Onadipe
• How Central Switch can generate Mega bucks for Nigeria
  – Lawal
• N72bn aviation sector budget provision not enough – Bethel Amadi
• Why Nigeria’s public debt rose to $25bn – Umeagbalasi
• How banks can handle serial debtors – Taiwo Ayedun, MD Credit Registry
• Lagos begins payment of compensation on acquired lands
• 'I will encourage people to make mega bucks from digital photography '
• Nigeria’s N4.6 trillion 2010 budget may fail –Umeagbalasi
• Educate Nigerians on Islamic Bank, World Bank chief urges CBN
• FG, Lagos Govt parley on infrastructure
• ‘FG should encourage industries for economic growth’
• Most stocks in the capital market are under-priced –Agbapu
• Nigerians should tackle energy crisis heads on
• CBN reform is the best rebranding campaign for Nigeria
• Ogun has 52 smuggling points – Jamio, Customs’ Area Comptroller
• Our greatest challenge is unemployment – Abubakar, DG, NDE
• Our plan is to industrialize Africa –Bamgbose, president, Convergence Africaines
• Great opportunities abound for Nigerian businessmen in South Africa –Obadimu
• Like power supply, roads also deserve action plan
• Nigeria’s economic growth will hit 5.5% this year – Dawodu
• Give new finance minister chance to liberate economy – Comrade Adeleke
• We lack effective strategy to deliver gas to homes – Chima Ibeneche
• Recapitalize FMBN – Developer tells new Housing Minister
• Why the publishing industry is very challenging – Aduojo Jerome
• 'It is wrong to run micro-finance bank with commercial bank mentality'
• Lagos maps out 122 hectares of land to relocate artisans, auto dealers
• No multiple taxes in Lagos, says Fowler, LIRS boss
• Security is my life –Francis, De Masters Royal Guards CEO
• We’re redesigning, Mainland Hotels – Remi Simon, GM
• Nigeria can make $1bn monthly from food export – Acholonu
• 'Why FG should not fix rent for property owners'
• My grouse with Sanusi – Shareholders
• Gas Investments should be private sector-driven – Bolaji Osunsanya
• We are committed to sustaining sound risk management in banks – Ibrahim
• We need stable policies to grow oil and gas industry, says Mark Ward
• We cannot eradicate smuggling totally – Aliu, Seme Border CAC
• Nigeria can make $1bn a month from food export – Acholonu
• FHA’s 2009-2013 Action Plan to produce 100,000 housing units
• Our challenge is customers’ satisfaction, says Herkemij, MD, NB Plc
• Why Nigerians must patronize LPG, by Awwal Ilo, president, LPG Association
• In Nigeria, serious issues are reduced to slogans – Ayeni, MD, Sloan Communications
• In a democracy there are no eminent persons
• Investments in telecoms sector now worth $18bn –Ndukwe, NCC boss
• NPA has no developmental plan – Minister
• Regulators should promote financing of productive sector – Lambeth
• A memo to Junaid Mohammed
• Insecurity won’t stop investments, but lack of good governance will
• Why Oceanic Bank launched new corporate campaign, by Ugwujide
• It still takes weeks to clear goods from our ports – Anaeto
• Sultan Sanusi and bank CEO tenure
• Akunyili versus Aondoakaa: It’s a power game not a legal tussle
• Real reasons behind banking reforms, by CBN Deputy Governor
• My first house sale was like a miracle – Adeniji, MD, Midway Properties Ltd
• We’ll provide legislative framework for PPP
• 79 per cent of Nigerian adults are un-banked – Modupe Ladipo, EFINA boss
• Why manufacturers are groaning, by Idika, Ozed Fragrance MD
• Government should reduce import of solid mineral products to 10%
• How we ’ll make Warri an industrial paradise, by Okoigun
• How we’re revamping Skypower Catering –Paul Obla, GM/CEO
• Our ingenuity has not transformed our economy –Dr. Joseph
• Banks not helping manufacturing industries –Omanukwue
• What Otudeko told FirstBank board
• Recovery for developing economies may take longer period – ILAN
• Nigeria positioned for food sufficiency in West Africa – IPA boss
• ‘Tourism has great supply chain that drives economic growth’
• N55bn budget too small for aviation sector
• 'Joint practice viable option for continuity in business'
• 'How Nigerian companies can survive without bank loans'
• Beware, expert warns property investors
• No cartel big enough to determine fuel prices under a deregulated regime
• Health tourism, medical equipment supply beckons professionals
• 'Govt should encourage banks to give loans to genuine entrepreneurs'
• Lull in housing sector in 2009 may continue in 2010 if –Adediji, Bode Partnership
• 'Deepened financial market will reduce risk in portfolio concentration'
• 'Every business idea must satisfy IMF conditionality'
• 'Adverse condition somewhere, business opportunity elsewhere'
• Why women are better managers – Mrs. Oguejiofor
• Dematerialisation is a continuous process – Madubuike
• Unbundling of PHCN will ensure stable power supply –Anyakudo
• With good planning, Nigeria can still attain MDGs –Ukachukwu
• CBN reforms: The unique case of ETB
• Locally manufactured goods, key to industrial growth - Uche Chikwo
• Klinker Sire, best Italian tile hits Nigerian market
• FG will make FHA deliver on its mandate –Ekpiwhre
• FG happy with change of guards at NCMD
• Airports’ concession without master-plan is a failure
• Real estate is like endurance race – Ede, Eternal Dreams boss
• 'Made in Nigeria cables, world’s number one'
• How I plan to grow insurance business in Nigeria
• Integrity is key to success in events planning – Onyenaucheya
• 'Why Nigerians must embrace oil sector deregulation, Nkechi Obi'
• 'Maritime industry is not moving forward, Liner Service, is back...'
• Introduction of illegal charges may spark off fresh crisis in the ports
• Poor mortgage financing: FMBN blames bureaucracy, infrastructure
• Sterling Bank seeks safety for highway workers
• There is increasing optimism that capital market will rebound –Akamobi
• FHA to build 932 houses in Abuja
• Obasanjo blames poor state of roads on rains
• 'Visa restriction, biggest impediment to Nigeria’s tourism dev'
• 'Fly-by-night investors caused crash of capital market'
• 'Banking crisis has caused lull in economy'
• How to avoid congestion in our ports – Dom Obi
• 'Customs and clearing agents are like husband and wife'
• As a nation, we have failed to protect our freight
• *See Archive