Legacy debts account for $3bn of $5.5bn foreign borrowing – Adeosun
…Says Nigeria’s debt to GDP ratio is within a reasonable threshold The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday, revealed that the Federal Government would apply the sum of...
View ArticleIndustrialist seeks flexible regulation of pension, insurance sectors
L-R: CEO, AXA Mansard Pension Ltd, Dapo Akinsanya; Managing Director, AIICO Pension Managers Ltd, Mr. Longe Eguarekhide; Director General/CEO, Nigeria Insurers Association, Mrs. Yetunde Ilori; Director...
View ArticleLASPEC DG, Onanuga flays cold war between PFAs, life insurers
L-R: Director General, Lagos State Pension Commission Folasade Onanuga;Chairman of Conference Dele Fajemirokun; Head, Benefits Administration, National Pension Commission Babatunde Philips Oladapo;...
View ArticleDigitalization of the African Insurance Industry: How do we get there?
PRESS RELEASE —-Africa Re’s view in the debates at the just concluded 25th annual conference of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR) in Bahrain, is that the insurance...
View ArticleOba Ifewara install Fajemirokun Baba Oba title
PRESS RELEASE—-Doyen of Insurance and industrialist, Chief Oladele Fajemirokun will on Friday be installed as Baba Oba Ifewara, Osun state. Oba Ifewara, Hezekiah Owolola in an interview with...
View Article23 Insurance, Pension Operators, Regulators Win NAIPCO Awards
PRESS RELEASE—-23 outstanding insurance and pension operators as well as the insurance and Pension regulators won the 2017 National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents(NAIPCO)...
View ArticleOando fights against SEC injustice with court order
Oando Plc, has finally reacted strongly to the Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) alleged findings following an investigation into the company which began in May of this year, following...
View ArticleElumelu takes Africapitalism to Saudi Arabia
…Says entrepreneurship & gender equality will drive economic diversification in the Middle East and Africa Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu,...
View ArticleHeritage Bank storms Lagos Comic 2017, allays fear of creative artists over...
The creative artistes, who participated in this year’s edition of Lagos Comic Con, got a booster from Heritage Bank Plc as the financial powerhouse allayed their fears over inaccessibility of funds...
View ArticleNigeria, Indonesia agree to strengthen economic ties as Osinbajo ends working...
Nigeria and Indonesia will work together to increase the level of economic cooperation between both countries, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo spoke earlier this morning...
View ArticleEight honored for excellence in retirement innovation
PRESS RELEASE—-The United Nations, Singapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF), The UK National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) and Amundi have all been awarded Pensions & Investments...
View ArticleRoyal Exchange gets Approval for Agric Insurance* Set To Unlock New Growth...
BY NKECHI NAECHE—Royal Exchange Plc, Nigeria’s foremost financial services group On Thursday said is set to unlock new growth potentials that will increase consumer value and better returns on...
View ArticleFashola Presides Over signing of PPA between QUA Iboe power plant and NBET to...
Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,SAN(2nd right), Emir of Kano, Emir Muhammad Sanusi II (left), Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote(2nd left) and US Ambassador...
View ArticleSEC says it will respond to Illegally Paid Self Severance Benefit, Awarded...
The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a publication by Sahara Reporters Sahara Reporters titled “How SEC Director-General Illegally Paid Self Severance Benefit, Awarded Contracts To His...
View ArticleFEC Approves Draft Proposal Of 2018 Budget
BY NKECHI NAECHE—The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved the draft of the 2018 budget proposal. This was announced by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, after the FEC...
View ArticleAccess Bank declares N365b earnings in Q3
Herbert Wigwe Access Bank Plc has announced its third quarter (Q3) results for 2017 which reflect the Bank’s ability to generate sustainable earnings despite the challenging operating...
View ArticleAisha Buhari denies Senator Isa Misau’s allegation, says ‘I’m still using my...
Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied the allegation by Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi central, that Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of police, gave her two cars....
View ArticleInsurers Urge to Embrace Measurement and Evaluation of Communications Campaign
Tunde Odeyemi The Insurance Industry in Nigeria is set to embrace a deliberate attempt at measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of its public relations and other related communications...
View ArticleNIA Chairman, Eddie Bags IOD Fellow
Mr. Eddie Efekoha BY NKECHI NAECHE—-The Chairman of Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) and Managing Director of Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc, Mr Eddie Efekoha was among 41 eminent...
View ArticleFour Sectors get $285.7m Forex injection
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, October 27, 2017, injected a total of $285,759,449.10 into the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market to meet requests in four sectors of the economy....
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