By Doka Dennis and Waziri Mahdi Isa An internationally renowned Academic at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Samaila Usman Dakyes has used locally-sourced materials to create anti-copy, and thermal inks to tackle documents forgery, theft, and counterfeiting. This was made known during an inaugural lecture titled: Forensic Graphics: AnContinue Reading
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya on Wednesday named Alhaji Muazu Muhammad Kwairanga as the new Emir of Funakaye. The confirmation of the Emir’s appointment was contained in an official communication endorsed by the state Commissioner Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo who stated that the appointment wasContinue Reading
By Muhammad M. Isa The ancient town of Kafanchan, Headquarters of Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and the proposed Capital of Gurara State, played host to hundreds of dignitaries who trooped to the town from different parts of the country to witness and bless a historic royal eventContinue Reading
During my teenage years, I watched my father try to make money out of his reasonably-sized cassava farm. He would plant a lot of cassava in a particular season, and at the end of that season, it would turn out that so many other farmers had done the same thatContinue Reading
In other parts of the developing world, a commodity exchange may act in a broader range of ways, in order to stimulate trade in the commodity sector. This may be through the use of instruments other than futures, such as the cash or “spot” trade for immediate delivery, forward contractsContinue Reading
Hard and soft commodities are traded on the exchanges. Metals, crude oil, etc. fall under the category of hard commodities whereas agricultural commodities like corn, wheat, cotton, soybean, guar are soft commodities as they have a limited shelf life. Let us concentrate on the types of commodity market in IndiaContinue Reading
A Commodity Exchange or Comex is a regulated market allowing the purchase and sale of contracts backed by commodities such as gold, silver, crude oil and so on. Such an exchange serves as the central location for trading the commodities. Some of the major commodity exchanges in the world areContinue Reading
One of the recommendations of the Nigerian Capital Market Master Plan 2015 – 2025 is the development of a thriving commodities trading ecosystem. This is necessary to deepen the capital market, increase the number of product offering, enhance agricultural and solid mineral production and spur economic development. As part ofContinue Reading
By M.A. van Meerhaeghe Through their repercussion on export earnings, price fluctuations are often held responsible for the variations in the growth rate of countries producing primary goods, especially since exports of a single primary good account for a large part of the total exports of many countries. But apartContinue Reading