Twenty seven years after managing the bureau of Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Brown Card Insurance Scheme, NICON Insurance has handed over the management of the bureau to Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA).

WITH the number of physically challenged groups of persons constituting 25% of the total Nigerian populace, the Senate Committee Chairman on Communications, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu has said that the Senate and other arms of government would ensure that relevant policies and regulations are put in place to provide specially designed ICT needs of these groups.

ONE would have just concluded that the best place for a lawyer to show his turf is at the court room. But, what MTN’s Sales and Distribution Executive, Mr Mike Ikpoki, is doing with Bizlift, a project created by MTN to reach its sales retailers, particularly the umbrella and roadside resellers, is telling a different story.

BEFORE the wounding up of Etisalat’s 9jillions game show promo at the weekend, the argument had been whether a telecommunications company would actually doll out to a subscriber, a whopping one million US dollars ($1m), which translates to about one hundred and Fifty million naira (N150m), in Nigeria’s currency.

THE second edition of the Abia International Trade Fair, in Aba pennultimate week was another opportunity for the Second National Telecommunications operator, Globacom to connect itself with the robust business climate of the South East and in particular, Abia state.

Ahead of the November ending expected final sale of Nitel, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu, has said that debts incurred by Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (Nitel), will be shared between the new buyer and Federal Government.

THE Federal government has attributed the reason for the very low volume of trade between the country and Iran to the production of similar product which is oil, just as it disclosed that Iran’s transaction with Nigeria as at 2005 stood at N75 million while that of Nigeria is put at N311 million.

MR. Benard Okumagba is the Delta State Commissioner for Economic Panning.In this interview with Vanguard held in Asaba he provides insights into the workings and programmes of the state government.
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In times like this, when economies are witnessing downturn. Customers seek for alternative means to improve on their businesses. For this reason, Diamond bank embarked on a promo tagged savingsextra, Salary 4 life, to up her market share and reward customer loyalty.

AN advertising expert, Ms Michelle Brown, has urged outdoor advertising agencies in the country to place greater priority on adaptation of new technology, models and trends to suit peculiarities of the market.