The leadership of the Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has launched the ever first corps members’ insurance scheme for Group Personal Accident (GPA) as part of their corporate social responsibility to the society in Lagos.

During the National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB) Annual General Meeting (AGM), General Manager and Head of Listings, Sales and Retention at the Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE, Mrs. Taba Peterside, presented a paper calling on Micro Finance Banks (MFBs) to consider listing on the Exchange as the rigour of listing will address the various shortcomings of Micro Finance Banks in the country.

World renowned cyber Security company, Symantec, has fingered Nigeria’s explosive ICT growth as one of the reasons the country keeps soaring in cyber threats. Symantec through its Territorial Manager, Indian Ocean Islands , West, East and Central Africa , Mr Sheldon Hand, while interacting with Journalists in Lagos last week, said that the price the country would have to pay in the kind of growth experienced in ICT in the last decade would also be a commensurate threat growth.

Experts in real estate sector have expressed different opinions on the possible impact of local technology on the development of affordable housing in Nigeria.

As Nigeria forays into cashless society by 2013, experts have said that the country could only be taken seriously if it clears all the bottlenecks that can impinge on global standard practices of the system. Unfortunately, some experts do not believe that some of these bottlenecks could be settled before time, meaning that Nigeria is not ready yet.

In its resolve to bolster wealth creation through specialized products, FBN Capital, the Investment and Asset Management business of the FirstBank Group has launched two funds – the FBN Money Market Fund and FBN Fixed Income Fund.

Many of the proposed improvements for the power sector will not happen except we are able to improve the financial viability of the sector, says Dr. Sam Amadi Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

Following the claim by Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode that the Federal Government was responsible for doctoring reports of past plane crashes in the country “in an attempt to manipulate the reports”, Rector of Ilorin College of Aviation, Kwara state, Captain. Fola Akinkuotu has said that Chief Kayode should substantiate his claim.

President of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Comrade David Isaac Balami has implored Nigerian travelling public not to panic and stop to fly saying that the country would soon get over the DANA crash.

As the country awaits the introduction of higher duty on the importation of wheat flours and grain from next month of July as one of the measures to encourage the use of cassava flour in the country, there are indication that millers are fighting to maintain the status quo.