PATIENCE Fredrick Udoh, a 47-year-old female kidney patient who has been hypertensive for five years was diagnosed with advanced chronic kidney disease (Stage 5) in November, 2016.

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor …Made-in-Aba has become our selling point …Lessons Nigeria can learn from Aba about exiting recession Clinical biochemist turned politician, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu drew the attention of many when he became the object of multiple pre and post election litigations by some of the most entrenched political actors in the South-East. […]

Indications have emerged that the Nigerian stock market is likely to record mixed sentiments by investors this week following the renewed bearish activity last week, which led to the regress in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE All Share Index and market capitalisation, by 28 bases points (bps) each to 28,113.38 points and N9.72 trillion respectively.

Since the announcement of the Investors’ & Exporters’ (I&E) FX window on the 21st April, 2017, the equities market has witnessed a significant increase in activity level

We are the first Takaful operator window in Nigeria approved by the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM. We have done a lot since we started in 2010 and God has been supporting us. Takaful insurance is based on two principles which are the principle of Islamic investment which give opportunity for surplus, and also the general business which is based on welfare or give away. We have various products under the scheme. We have the family products either for individual or group. The family product is a savings scheme towards the welfare of one’s family and equally in the case of any eventualities, something will be paid as benefit to the dependants

We are all familiar with the issues that often arise upon death, with members of the family pitched against one another. This is often resolved by the courts, sometimes after a prolonged litigation that would have drained everybody. This can be avoided with an estate plan which lets the individual decide how his assets are handled after passage.

Premium Pension Limited has paid retirement benefits to the tune of about N119 billion since inception, the company has said.

Fitch Rating has set a negative forecast for the year ahead in its 2017 insurance industry outlook report, predicting a continued decline of premium rates, with soft pricing prevailing in the global reinsurance market.

Two All Progressives Congress, APC, members, Mr Julius Asagwara and Obinna Onuegbu have continued to lay claim to the chairmanship position of APC in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.

The banks are mandated to create money and expand credit; if banks don’t have enough money, they can resort to CBN to borrow and lend out to customers

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN, has urged the Federal Government to reduce bureaucracy and cut production cost by 40 percent so as to engender more investment in the nation’s oil and gas industry.

The sector is basically out to take this country and the populace out of recession by providing affordable financing through the micro segment of the MSMEs, that is a major thing that we can achieve, because when people are financially independent, economic activities will improve and the economy will be better and then we will have more employment.

Professor Soludo, ex-Chief Economic Adviser to President Obasanjo and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is an intriguing fellow.

Shareholders of AXA Mansard Insurance Plc have condemned the continuous delay in the approval of financial results and other corporate actions of companies in the insurance industry by the apex insurance regulatory body, National Insurance Commission, NAICOM.

Shareholders of FBN Holdings Plc have charged its Board of Directors to quickly recover debts owed the company’s subsidiary bank, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, which led to a credit losses of N226 billion.