THE reported events of Thursday November 16, 2010, highlighted what Nigerians knew all along. For starters, a group known as Coalition of Atiku Northern Supporters (CANSU) who are staunch supporters of the former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was reported to have issued a statement.

National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and insurance operators have embarked on an enlighten campaign to sensitise the public on the need to hold at least six insurance policies. The campaign is part of industry efforts to deepen insurance penetration in the country and ensure all Nigerians enjoy the benefits of insurance cover as obtained in developed countries.

AS the strike embarked upon by the Association of Medical and Dental Officers, AMDO, Oyo State branch, enters day 7, a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Chief Olufemi Lanlehin, has said the strike could have been prevented if the ruling PDP had visionary leaders.

Our state is not a rich state. While we must devise effective strategies to broaden our revenue base, we would be careful not to outstretch the limited resources that we have by attempting to take on all our problems at the same time. Therefore, the government has identified a few strategic sectors that will attract our priority attention.

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE ) closed the week for Christmas holiday with marginal growth, as the market indicators for measuring the performance indices, the market capitalisation and the All share index surged by 1.00 per cent each.

The capital market was characterised by a very slow gruesome recovery of the Nigerian Stock Exchange even as a monumental leadership crisis bedevilled the Exchange through the year.

The microfinance banking industry experienced the first official purging in 2010, four year after the introduction of the microfinance policy in Nigeria. The year saw the reduction in the number of MFBs by 103 courtesy of the regulatory hammer of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Globacom has headed to court to challenge the title rights of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) handed to its rival, MTN Nigeria, few days ago after a bid process in Abuja.

The Central Bank of Nigeria sold $25.917 billion in the official foreign exchange market in 2010, while the nation’s external reserves fell by $10.2 billion.

Insurance brokers have been advised to embrace contemporary social marketing strategies in order to increase their bottom line and relevance.

FOR those who know him very well it is not disputable that Prince Bola Ajibola is a workaholic even at 75. The former Minister and Attorney-General of the Federation retired as a Judge of the World Court and subsequently established the Crescent University, Abeokuta.

DEFENCE Minister, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), weekend, challenged politicians in the country to assist government’s efforts at ensuring security of lives and property by providing employment for the unemployed youths in their various constituencies.

I HAVE watched with dismay the unguarded utterances of some political undertakers who think they are still relevant politically in Abia State against Governor Theodore Orji, especially as next year’s general elections approach.

After the banking crisis triggered by the global financial crisis in 2008, and the meaures to arrest the effect of the crisis and sanitise the financial sector in 2009, year 2010 witnessed the roll-out of policy measures to consolidate on the gains of the previous year and also lay the foundation for a new banking era.

THERE was palpable tension in the Plateau State capital, yesterday, as angry youths carried out reprisal attacks in some parts of Jos setting houses ablaze and molesting people over the Christmas eve blasts in two locations which claimed 32 lives and hospitalisation of 74 others.