Custodian and Allied Plc has announced payment of 18 kobo dividend per share to shareholders of the company for the 2014 financial year. Chairman of the Company, Mr. Ade Ojo who made the announcement at the company’s 20th annual general meeting in Lagos said that in spite of the tough national economy, regulatory headwinds and myriad of challenges of 2014, the company did not only survive but progressed on all fronts during the year.

At the customer analytics session, IBM explained how the solution could help brands acquire the right customers, optimize the customer experience, understand the customer journey, provide delightful service, and minimize fraud. The session among other things guided marketers, commerce and service teams on best practices and strategies for applying digital analytics, customer experience analytics, predictive analytics and social analytics to better understand customers, accelerate profitability and improve business outcomes.

Mutual Benefits Assurance plc recently presented a cheque of N1.2 million to the family of a deceased journalist who was a member of Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) Mr. Nat Amogu. Amogu was a staff of Nigerian Pilot Newspapers and died after a brief illness. The cheque which was received on behalf of the deceased family by the Chairman of FICAN Mr. Babajide Komolafe with other executive members of the association was a fulfillment of a recent life insurance contract between Mutual Benefits Assurance and FICAN members.

The Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions, G-NEXID, yesterday, elected Mr. Roberts Orya, MD/CEO of Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM, as its new Honorary President.

THE Bank of Industry, BoI, recovered a total of N2.9 billion bad debts from its customers in the SMEs and large enterprises sector of the economy in 2014. The bank also blacklisted 22 other customers of the bank for loan defaults. Rasheed Olaoluwa, the bank’s Managing Director, stated this during the bank’s media parley with Business Journalists in Lagos. According to him, the N2.9 billion was recovered from the debtor customers through the efforts of the bank’s loan recovery team, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the courts.

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has called for total focus from the home-based Super Eagles he has invited for the African Nations Cup qualifiers as the camp opened on Tuesday with 26 players.

Nigerians have blamed corruption and mismanagement of petroleum subsidy funds as the major factors hindering citizens from enjoying the full benefits of subsidy.

A prominent traditional ruler in Abia State, King Larry Ogbonnaya Agwu, has cautioned the governor-elect, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, to beware of sycophants, if he must succeed.

Cardiac expert has raised alarm over the increasing incidences of hypertension among Nigerians saying that 30 out of every 100 adult Nigerians are hypertensive. A renowned cardiologist and President of the Cardiac Society of Nigeria, Dr. Amam Mbakwem in chat said over 30 million adult Nigerians are living with disease and handful of others yet to know their status. Mbakwem who advocated the need for Nigerians to adopt the culture of home monitoring of their blood pressures as part of efforts towards preventing complications arising from the killer disease warned that in most patient hypertension does not give signs or symptoms.

Relevance is the key word in surviving in the technology industry and social media. The competition is fierce and your target audience is bombarded with several status updates and tweets every other minute. If you wish to get the attention of your fans and sustain it, here are 5 simple things to do. (1) Innovate or be stagnated: Innovation on Facebook refers to looking at a famous story from a different angle. Fans are tired of seeing the same old storyline, plot, picture and pattern. They yearn for novelty, for something new, for something outside the box. If you can provide this, you will hold them in stitches.