THE third edition of Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) Awards recognized Delphine Traoré Maïdou as the CEO of the Year for the significant contribution she made to Africa’s economy as CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Africa from 2012 to 2017.

Akure—TWO primary school teachers in Ondo town, Ondo State, have been arrested over allegations of cutting the nails and taking blood from pupils for ritual purposes.

MAKURDI—The remains of a senior lecturer at a North-Central state’s College of Education, was, yesterday, found in a hotel room days after he was declared missing by his family.

THE recent rally seen in the equities market may be sustained this week as the market is set to benefit from some positive developments in the macro-economic environment, even as investors are expected to ride on the back of the recent rally to take profits.

Even if the process of placing a fixed deposit varies slightly from one bank to another, opening a fixed deposit account is still very simple.

THE 44th session African Insurance Organization (AIO) in Kampala, Uganda just ended recorded participation of about 200 insurance chief executive officers from Nigeria and 650 other participants from around the world.

The Nigerian stock market was adversely affected by economic situation of the country in the last two years; but in recent time, we have started seeing some improvement. The rally in stock market is majorly attributed to the monetary policy changes, such as the Investors & Exporters, I & E forex window which allow investors to bring in their money at a well known market determined price.

ECOBANK Nigeria has commissioned three additional banking lounges for her Advantage customers in Uyo, Port Harcourt and Abuja. The Advantage segment offers its customer dedicated banking services targeted at the upwardly mobile and generally, professionals in various fields.

AYISIRE Consulting Limited, an indigenous technology service provider, has launched a multi-bank Customer Address Verification, CAV, solution to help CAV vendors automate, simplify and reduce cost associated with customer address verification process.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that the country might be consumed by anger of the youth as a result of their neglect, adding that the country will not be transformed if it continued to neglect its youths in the scheme of things.

ABUJA—THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government to stop the alleged persecution and harassment of people of Igbo extraction, describing some actions of the government as a serious threat to democracy. This came as the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, described the raid by the police as barbaric and shameful.

THE Unity Bank Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank Plc, Mrs. Tomi Somefun has advised students to be focused on achieving their future goals and avoid addiction to forms of ‘gadgetization’ and social media tools which can be major distraction and negative influences that may derail their future.

Ahead of the July 31 deadline for the use of Bank Verification Number (BVN) for customers of Microfinance banks in the country, National Association of Microfinance Banks Lagos State Chapter, NAMBLAG, has said that the subsector is ready.

LAGOS—Two months after a building of eight bedrooms was sealed up by operatives of Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, in Kirikiri area, Apapa, Lagos, for being stocked with expired and fake products, two other buildings in the vicinity (Comfort Oboh Street) were, weekend, discovered to be stocked with expired household products.

ACCION Microfinance Bank (AMfB), weekend, revealed a disbursement of N62 billion since inception in 2007 and N15 billion in its financial year ended, December 2016.