It has been a rewarding 29-day spiritual activity: a period of recompense, a period of closeness to Allah, a period of illumination by the Glorious Qur’an, a period of re-direction of destinies and possibilities, of charity, of divine blessings. It is indeed a memorable period.

Insurance is the transfer of risk from people & corporate institutions to professional risk carriers, bearers – the insurance companies. Every one of us is exposed to one risk or the other because life is full of risks and all these risks can be identified, quantified and handled by insurance transfer mechanism.

The report that Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world, has once again buttressed the need for the Federal Government to address the issue as a national emergency, so as to reverse the dangerous slide to illiteracy.

ABUJA —The Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Tuesday, appealed to the International Criminal Court, ICC, to give the Federal Government a chance to use its internal mechanism to solve the Boko Haram insurgence in the country.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, councillorship primaries in Ebonyi State has come and gone, but the state has not known peace since then. This is on account of the killing of a youth, Kalu Ogbu, in Edda, Afikpo South LGA during the primaries. The murder had immediately sparked off a peaceful protest by over 500 indigenes of Ekoli Edda in Abakaliki, the State capital.

A United Nations e-Government Survey for 2012, says Nigeria has dropped in e-government global development index. According to the report, Nigeria dropped from 0.2687 in 2010 to 0.2676 in 2012, which indicates a decrease in the level of the acceptance by both government and private individuals in the country.

The immediate past Secretary to the State Government in Akwa Ibom State, Umana Umana wielded unprecedented powers for the six years he held that office. His sway fed speculations of a secret agreement on transfer of power between him and Governor Godswill Akpabio. Last week the Umana myth unfolded in uncommon umbrage.

BENIN—A 39-year-old trader, Simeon Idele, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar and the Police Service Commission, to investigate his alleged shooting by his in-law, Police Inspector Ben Ogiozee, who is serving with Rivers State Police Command.

The Golf session of the Benin Club was last weekend in Benin city a beehive of activities as golfers from all walks of life and different parts of Nigeria converged for the first PAN CEAN Benin Golf Classic solely sponsored by the oil and gas company.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has challenged operators in the Nigerian capital market to develop products tied to financing infrastructure needs of the country.

MISS Charity (Aisha) Uzoechina, the lady that was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and kept in the palace of Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, for the past four months, will remain with the monarch until September 17.

IN a bid to effectively address the challenges Nigerians encounter while residing in foreign countries, a non governmental organisation, NGO, known as All Nigerian Nationals In The Diaspora, ANNID, has been established.

Kwara state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has constituted a  new protem management committee to overhaul the activities of    Kwara United Football Club, Ilorin for optimum performance in the next football season

After witnessing events on the floor of the Senate over the proposal to remove age limitation on marriage as provided in the 1999 Federal Constitution, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Nigeria, has not rested on its oars. Prior to the proposed amendment, interpretation of Section 29 (4) (a) and (b) was that “a woman shall not be qualified for marriage until she attains 18 years of age.”

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and Oba of Lagos, Alaiyeluwa Oba Rilwanu Akiolu I, have again warned traditional rulers in Lagos State to stay clear of land grabbing or settling disputes relating to land through the use of force.