First City In our opinion, The CBN postponement by one year for banks to converge their year end may offer a respite both for the banking sector directly and also the capital market as the sector constitutes above 60% of the market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. While the banks may heave a sigh of relief, stakeholders, especially Nigeria’s...

Jul 29, 2008

“And God made the two great lights; he greater light to RULE the day and the lesser light to RULE the night and he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth and to RULE over the day and over the night, the light from the darkness and God saw that it was good”…Gen 1:16-18 I read this...

  Two days ago, I crossed another milestone on my career path. Those who have heard me or read me know that I keep on going about consulting this…consulting that…Anyway, I was able to move up my game from HR/Business consulting to Leadership/Organisational Development consulting. How did that happen? Well…I don’t know if I’ve...

Jul 24, 2008

  “Busayo, you are coming along abi?” he asked. “Where are we going?” I answered, looking bewildered “To ife.” he responded. “When?” I asked, my face lightening up. “On saturday” he replied. “Most definitely” I responded. That was the dialogue that set me on a return journey to my alma...

Nigeria has been described as Africa’s faster growing insurance market with 18.0 percent growth rate, while Angola is leading with 35.0 percent nominal growth rate. This statistics was disclosed today in a presentation prepared by Afrinvest West Africa titled “Nigerian Insurance Market- Capital Market Perspective” at the ongoing Insurance Future Summit in...

Jul 21, 2008

The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday placed full suspension on the shares of Cadbury Nigeria Plc, following the decision of the Investment and Securities Tribunal to uphold the indictment of the company by the Securities and Exchange Commission over financial misstatement. The Deputy Director-General, NSE, Mr. Lance Elakama, disclosed on the floor of the...

Jul 17, 2008

 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth….Gen 1:1 I was reading my Bible from the beginning a few days ago and would love to share a few things with my readers. Gen 1:2 – And the earth was without form and void and the Spirit of God moved upon the waters. All that is needed for the creation of an idea always exists around us. The...

Answer “True” or “False” to each of these questions as a proof of your leadership qualities. QUESTIONS: 1. Always delegate to the subordinate who has experience with similar tasks. 2. The person you delegate to should have as much information about the task as possible. 3. Controls should be built into a delegated task from the...

Jul 13, 2008

One of the major problems I’ve had in my years of development and growth is the lack of self-discipline. I couldn’t bring myself to be disciplined to stop bad habits; I couldn’t bring myself to continue good habits even after I have sworn to do so. I got tired of giving my life to Christ over and over again for many years. I learnt that self-control...

 “Train a child in the the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”  ”..if you spend just one hour on the same activity everyday, in five years, you will become an expert at it…Joel Osteen (U.S. preacher) Tiger Woods was just 18 months old when his father began giving him golf lessons, painstakingly talking him...