MDRI: Operators yet to embrace retail insurance – Soladoye
Despite efforts by the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, to deepen insurance penetration in the country, through its Market Development and Restructuring Initiative, MDRI, underwriters are still not embracing retail insurance.
Arsenal in the dark on Gulf takeover bid reports
Arsenal have had no contact over a potential takeover, sources told the Press Association on Sunday, amid reports of a looming record bid by a Gulf consortium.
Ogun Assembly crisis deepens
There was palpable tension in the camp of Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, over the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly. This is following the controversies trailing the composition of the Assembly’s Tender Board.
Police arrest 70 over murder of LASU student, Damoche
The Police has arrested not fewer than 70 persons in connection with the death of Damilola Damoche, a 400 level student of the LagosStateUniversity, LASU, who was murdered in cold blood last Thursday by suspected cultists.
Fire razes 10 houses in Warri
DISASTER struck, weekend, in Iyara, a sprawling area of Warri in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, as a midday fire rendered many persons homeless after destroying over 10 houses and property worth millions of naira.
Fashola visits shut Ladipo market
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Sunday, paid unscheduled visit to the Ladipo spare parts market, in Mushin Local Government Area, shut last Monday over violation of environmental law, insisting that the market must be cleaned before same was re-opened.
Minister berates FGC principal over e-library
Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, berated the principal of the Federal Government College, Kwali, over e-library project which the school sited miles from students’ classrooms and hostels.
Fresh oil spill hits Bayelsa community
Yenagoa—A fresh oil spill has reportedly hit Ikarama community in Okordia clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Appointing indicted persons in govt is illegal, immoral – Court
An Imo State High Court sitting in Owerri, has declared that the appointment of persons indicted in the White Paper on Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, into positions of authority was “illegal, immoral, null, void and of no effect.”
Uba begs Fashola to re-open Ladipo Market
The continued closure of Ladipo Market in Lagos State, has been described as a set-back to the livelihood of the traders and a drain on the state’s economy, as the Lagos State, Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has been urged to re-open the market to guarantee the survival of the traders and revenue by the state. […]
Ex-militants to FG: Return our guns, ammunition
WARRI—LEADERS of no fewer than 315 ex-militant camps in Delta State, who alleged that their members were sidetracked in the ongoing documentation exercise for Third Phase amnesty, have demanded the return of guns and ammunition they surrendered to Joint Task Force between January and May, 2011.
