Kenya regulator opens takaful market to conventional insurers
Kenya’s regulator has introduced new takaful (Islamic insurance) rules which will allow the entry of conventional players into the sector, part of efforts to boost capital markets in East Africa’s biggest economy. Takaful is seen as a bellwether of consumer appetite for Islamic finance products. It is based on the concept of mutuality; the takaful company oversees a pool of funds contributed by all policy holders.
My Life and Work in the Search for a New, Better and United Nigeria
“social and ethical transformation implies the creation of a new society and the creation of such a new society would entail changes of two types -a radical transformation of the material conditions of society and what has been called an “inner mutation i.e. a spiritual or mental transformation in the attitudes and behavioural patterns of the individuals member of society”.
Lesley Arimah is Africa regional winner of 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Nigeria’s Lesley Nneka Arimah has been announced winner of the Africa region of the 2015 edition of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Lesley emerged winner alongside others namely; Asia, Siddhartha Gigoo with ‘The Umbrella Man’ from India and for the Caribbean, Kevin Jared Hosein of Trinidad and Tobago for ‘The King of Settlement 42. for Pacific and Canada & Europe have Mary Rokonadravu’s ‘Famished Eels’ (Fiji) and Jonathan Tel’s ‘The Human Phonograph’ (United Kingdom), respectively.
Artistic expresssion of contemporary atmosphere of two cities
The just concluded photography exhibition by two young Nigerians on a study tour of Warsaw and Berlin which held at the Goethe institut, Lagos, was indeed, a stunning display of nothing less than an artistic expression of the contemporary atmosphere of the two cities. The photography event themed, “German-Polish Photo Exhibition, was put together by the German and Polish embassies in Nigeria, which actually invited the two photographers, Jide Odukoye and Olayinka Sangotoye to visit Berlin and Warsaw in 2013.
Nike Oshinowo radiates season after season
The delectable quintessential queen of screen and former ‘Most beautiful’ Nike Oshinowo, who once described how she cringes in front of camera is now transformed into a formidable maverick on screen, full of confidence and creativity that makes her talk show a delight. Late night show isn’t something that could have easily crept in to a typical Lagos television viewer’s mind judging the timing, but the style, flavor and content Nike introduced jolts and attracted the workaholic Lagosians to make it a must watch every Thursday night it airs on AIT station by 11.00pm.
Delta Beyond Oil: Uduaghan’s parting gift to Deltans
As part of efforts at leaving a sustainable and enduring legacy of Governor Uduaghan, the Delta Board of Internal Revenue, DBIR, has come out with a new book titled Delta Beyond Oil. In the 253 pages book, the board ingeniously demonstrated and translated a major policy of the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan – DELTA BEYOND OIL, DBO.
