A whooping N 3.75 trillion premium is currently beckoning on insurance companies in Africa to be tapped in the micro-insurance market which the continent’s insurance market especially Nigeria, has ignored for too long. Micro-insurance is insurance products that meet the needs of the poor.

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Amb. James Gbeho, has urged members of the community to promote trade among members states. Gbeho gave the advice in Ilorin on Thursday at a two-day national sensitisation workshop on ECOWAS Business Initiative (ECOBIZ).

As part of measures to ensure security of airports across the country, Arik Air has acquired a hi-tech security equipment, Morpho Itemiser, that could detect all manner of drugs and explosives.

Bankers and financial experts under the auspices of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) will gather for a two day workshop to explore financing options for the aviation sector

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Tuesday, launched the first ever Capital Market Club (CMC) in secondary schools in the country, just as the Governor of Sokoto State , Alhahi Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko was made the grand patron.

The on-going banking reforms occasioned by the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the sector last year has hampered the implementation of the N40 billion Lagos mortgage scheme in partnership with five banks.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given banks 60 days deadline to process loan application from small and medium enterprises under Small and Medium Enterprises Credit Guarantee scheme (SMECGS)This is one of the highlights of the guidelines for scheme issued by the apex bank on Friday.

LAGOS based Attrium Consultants has said that it’s set to promote the country’s investment opportunities through its upcoming Leadership and Management Conference scheduled to hold next week in the State.

BENIN—The Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has challenged the state’s representatives at the National Assembly to account for money allocated to them for constituency projects. This comes as over 450 members of the People’s Democracy Party, PDP, and other political parties decamped to Action Congress, AC, at Uzea in Esan North East Local […]

It was on these pages that I wrote about the avalanche of mails and phone calls I receive on daily basis regarding the Super Eagles. I mentioned the special interest of the Swedish press and the disappointment of the Argentine journalist who could not get anything from me.