World AIDS Day: Group calls for special focus on youth

World AIDS Day: Group calls for special focus on youth

AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world tomorrow to mark this year’s World AIDS Day, a non-governmental organisation, the Youth Development and Empowerment Foundation (YODEF), has advocated special focus on young people as more than half of new infection are between 15 and 29 years of age.
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Plans to resuscitate Jos breweries underway

Plans to resuscitate Jos breweries underway

A financial/management consultancy agreement designed to reposition the Jos International Breweries (JIB) has been signed between the company and Plateau Investment and Property Development Company Limited on one hand and Akintola Williams Deloitte, a renowned consultancy management firm on the other.

Overvaluation threatens N14tr FG bond market

Overvaluation threatens N14tr FG bond market

Babajide Komolafe The N14 trillion markets in Federal Government bonds is on the course to imminent collapse as prices soar far above the real value of the bonds in a manner similar to the situation that preceded and precipitated the crash of the stock exchange. Experts who spoke at a workshop in Lagos on promoting […]

Demand for microfinance services is higher  in Nigeria

Demand for microfinance services is higher in Nigeria

AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria,  one of the notable microfinance , celebrated its one year anniversary of business in Nigeria. Its shareholders include, Access Microfinance Holding AG, Impulse Microfinance Investment Fund, International Financial Corporation (IFC), KfW Entwicklungsbank (German Development Bank) and African Development Bank (AfDB). In this interview with Amaka Agwuegbo, Chairman, Supervisory Boards  of the […]

Ghana, Togo arrive for Akpabio Cup

Ghana, Togo arrive for Akpabio Cup

The Under-17 team of Colts Abdarca football club, Accra, Ghana and their counterparts from Togo are in Uyo for the second edition of Akpabio Cup scheduled to kick off at the Uyo township stadium on Tuesday.

Insurers move to combat fraudulent claims

Insurers move to combat fraudulent claims

By Patience Saghana Insurance practitioners have begun moves to check the rising tide of fraudulent claims by customers estimated to constitute 12 per cent of total claims. According to operators, fraudulent claims are most recorded in the motor insurance class of the business. Insurance fraud is any act committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain […]