Mrs. Funmi Babington-Ashaye, President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, at the 2018 Insurance Industry Consultative Council, IICC, media retreat for insurance correspondents in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, spoke on efforts the Council is making to deepen insurance awareness.

A TOTAL of 19 quoted companies may now be under threat   of   hostile take-over in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, following the crashing of their stock prices below par value in the last two weeks. The stocks were exposed to low valuation when NSE removed the decades-old par value price floor of 50 kobo below which stock prices could not go down.

Alhaji Gbadebo Olatokunbo, former National Publicity Secretary,  Nigerian Shareholders Solidarity Association of Nigeria, NSSA, in this interview with Peter Egwuatu, spoke on issues affecting the capital market as well as his expectations on quoted companies’ performance.

IT will no longer be business as usual for unregistered fertility treatment and Assisted Reproduction Techniques, ART, practitioners that are operating  in Nigeria as professionals in the industry have taken steps in collaboration with government to curb the menace of quacks within the profession.

PRINCE Kaseem Afegbua, spokesman of former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, weekend, regretted that the controversy which emanated after the former Head of State’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari took away the shine from the message, depriving Nigerians the opportunity to absorb the message.

Urhobo and Ijaw youths have come together to enjoin  parties in the Ogbe-Ijoh,  Aladja, Delta State crisis to give peace a chance,  stressing that they should explore dialogue to resolve the  issues that led to the fracas that has claimed several lives from both sides.

THERE are lots of sharp practices in the Nigerian capital market and it is time for regulators, especially the apex regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC to hold the bull by the horns by scrutinising annul reports of   public companies and other activities of operators.

THE South  West Think-Tank, SWETT, has commended Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for signing the Yoruba Language Preservation Law.

The threat of massive famine in 2018 and 2019 is becoming a reality to those close to Nigeria’s farmlands. In the past, food shortages had occurred on account of unfavourable weather or pest infestation. Low rainfall or excessive flooding as well as locust attacks had in the past also resulted in low food productivity.

FOREMOST Nigerian adventurer, Dr Newton Jibunoh, weekend, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has not put in place satisfactory measures to halt the mercenaries butchering defenceless civilians and policemen in parts of the country under the guise of herdsmen.