AIICO Insurance Plc has said that it recorded of 32 percent growth in its gross written premium which rose to ¦ 25.4 billion for the first half of 2019 (H1’19) from N19.2 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018 (H1’18).

Yesterday, we served you the first part of an engaging interview with former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, on the state of the nation. Today, we bring you the concluding part covering how soldiers made the Nigerian civil war inevitable, his challenge in serving in the Obasanjo and Jonathan’s administrations and how to avert a repeat of June 12, 1993 election annulment among others.

Apart from the nightmare residents of Apapa, workers and visitors to Apapa go through on daily basis as a result of the unending gridlock in the axis caused by the menace of articulated trucks and tankers, which has remained a major concern, one other serious issue of concern is the degradation of Apapa environment by the gridlock.

OLEH—HUNDREDS of indigenes of Aradhe community, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, have been rendered homeless following a ravaging flood that submerged the community.

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari has called on countries in West Africa to expand their democratic frontiers to allow for more inclusion of vulnerable groups in the society.

Port Harcourt—THE United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, has said it is bad that much time has been lost on the implementation of its recommendations on the cleanup of oil polluted Ogoniland, Rivers State, since 2011.

PORT HARCOURT—GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described as “scandalous,” preliminary report of the committee he set up to audit finances of all 23 local government areas in the state.

The Principal Partner, Lansar Aghaji & Co, a firm of estate surveyors and valuers, and expert in facilities management, Mr. Lansar Aghaji,  has noted that absence of policy guidelines for maintenance and management of  government’s infrastructure is responsible for dilapidating state of public buildings across the country.

The growth of the power and influence of the office of chief of staff depends on the President

By Benjamin Angwe I am constrained to lend my voice to the ongoing debate on the activities of Amnesty International in Nigeria. I must add that penning this article is borne out of genuine desire to see that the Nigeria of our dreams is manifest and without any form of distraction. Amnesty International is not […]

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, rose from a crucial meeting with Vigilante/Neighbourhood Watch groups in the 17 local government areas of the state and took decisions towards strengthening the security of the state.

In a bid to play significantly in the insurance industry retail space, Universal Insurance Plc has keyed into the Passengers Manifest Scheme (PAMS) project of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) as the official insurer of the scheme.

Minna—Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, yesterday, said existing penalties in Nigeria statues book for crimes such as rape, kidnapping, drug addiction among others were too soft and sought immediate review to allow stringent penalties.

The Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs, and secondary healthcare facilities are under the state government control which is supervised by the commissioner for health, so the Minister should be able to work with Commissioners for Health in the States to strengthen service delivery. It is when that is done we can believe that healthcare management and services will be available to majority of people in the country.

Nigerian insurance companies ceded over $46.2 billion to international insurance companies out of a total sum insured of $146.2 billion risks of top 11 companies in 2018.