Enugu govt takes over medical treatment of Miss Amarachi Okoro, 2nd year student of UNN
Full funding for medical treatment of Miss Amarachi Okoro, a second-year student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), who was diagnosed with Melanoma (a type of skin cancer), has been taken over by the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State.
Deji of Akure can’t impose leader on us — Ndigbo; no going back, monarch responds
A crisis is brewing in Akure, the Ondo State capital as the Ndigbo have rejected the alleged imposition of a leader on them by the traditional ruler, Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi.
Yiaga scores INEC’s ongoing CVR exercise in 151 centres
“This is reasonable progress. However, there is an opportunity for improvement, because in the five weeks of the commencement of the physical (in-person) CVR exercise, only 23% of those who registered online have concluded their voter registration in the INEC designated centres.
Woman seeks divorce over husband’s mental health challenge
A 25-year-old housewife, Lubabatu Ibrahim, on Tuesday, prayed a Sharia court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, to dissolve her union with one Habibu Ibrahim, over his mental health challenge. The complainant, who explained that the union was blessed with a child, told the court that the defendant experienced convulsion and shouts in the midnight and destroyed […]
Role of insurance in a changing risk landscape
Insurance business exists for the sustainability of other businesses and wealth creation. The insurance industry is the single largest global industry with premiums amounting to some 8% of the global gross domestic product and some 11% of global assets under its management.(Petherick 2011).From available research, it is said to have a long reach, connecting social, […]
Unemployment: FG leaving no stone unturned, NYSC assures corps members
By Charly Agwam The Director-General, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, has assured all the corps members in the country that the federal government is working to reduce unemployment in the country. Ibrahim made this known in Bauchi on Tuesday, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2021 batch B stream 2 corps members […]
PHOTOS: Corps member donates e-library to NYSC
By Arogbonlo Israel The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has commended corps member Ahmad Abubakar with code number FC/20B/1340 for donating a digital library to the Scheme as his personal Community Development Service (CDS) Project. Announcing this feat on its verified Facebook handle Tuesday, the Scheme shared photos of the […]
Oyo court remands 4 herdsmen over alleged kidnapping
A chief magistrate court sitting in Iyaganku in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday ordered that four herdsmen be remanded for alleged kidnapping The herdsmen, Ibrahim Ahmadu, 20, Mohammadu Dariya, 28, Shehu Usman, 23, and Abubakar Siddi, 25, were accused of conspiracy, kidnapping, and demanding ransom. Chief Magistrate Olaide Hamzat did not take their […]
Attracting and managing retail investors
By Sola Oni The increasing complexity of picking which assets to own has put both securities dealers and investors under pressure. It has plunged the concept of sustainable investing into the beginning of a backlash. A definitive Survey of 750 institutional investors and 10,000 retail investors by PwC Global in 2017-2021 entitled : “ Asset […]
Grazing Bill will ensure harmony between herders, farmers in Lagos – Assembly
The Lagos State House of Assembly, says the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill, when passed, will ensure harmonious relationships between herders and farmers in the state. The assembly made this known after the bill was read on the floor of the house for the second time, by the Acting Clerk, Mr Olalekan Onafeko, at […]
Introduction to financial derivatives
By David Adonri Financial engineering at its peak has just taken off in the Nigerian capital market. The feat was achieved recently when Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX) received the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval to trade in the following seven derivative contracts:1) Access Bank Plc Stock Futures.2) GTCO Plc Stock Futures.3) Zenith Bank Plc Stock […]
