The nation’s insurance industry wrote off a whopping N 1.1 trillion in the last three years as provision for bad debts. A breakdown of the N1.1trillion revealed that the 51 insurance and reinsurance companies certified by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) wrote of N465 billion in 2007, N356 billion in 2008 and N282 billion by September 2009 amounting to N1.103trillion

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has said that it will not hesitate to take stance measure against any insurance

Insurance Consumers Association of Nigeria (ICAN) has assured insurance buyers that the association will at all time protect their interest for as long as their complaints are genuine.

There is a strong protest from insurance companies that made frantic efforts to be in the 2010 federal government’s group life scheme such as African Alliance, IGI and Mutual Benefit Assurance but were shut out of the federal government business for one reason or the other. The scheme only approved 17 insurance companies whilst the Head of Service of the Federation did promised that the scheme would admit more insurance companies but nothing was heard about the promise as at the time the scheme was flagged off in Abuja last week Thursday.

The managing Director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Mr. Roberts Orya, has reiterated the need for Nigeria to focus on the Green Economy and renewable energy in its bid to join global forces to save a world that is threatened by climate change and global warming.

The Governor, Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been advised to put in place appropriate measures that will encourage banks to resume lending especially long term loan to the manufacturing sector.

Industrial and General Insurance Plc (IGI) has emerged the official insurer for the Nigeria Premier League (NPL), Mr Eniola Ashaolu, IGI’s Communication Manager, has said.

ABUJA-THE Federal government yesterday expressed its frustration that despite the availability of the much awaited textile revival fund, stakeholders in the sector were yet to access the fund to boost the industry.

The Federal Government is committed to tackling the problem of weights and measures in the country, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa, has said. Udenwa said this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum on Wednesday in Abuja.

In this interview with Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director of Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, she speaks on aligning interests especially among NGO management and founders, donors and new investors.

The Lagos State government has initiated moves to enable house owners, who are without valid title documents in government housing estates across the state, to register and/or perfect their documents.

The Federal government has declared support for an initiative targeted at empowering women to become house owners.

Efforts to facilitate the construction of mass housing by the Nigerian government has received a boost, with the unveiling of the Moladi building technology from South Africa, in Lagos, last week.

The federal government is ready to collaborate with Korean investors in the quest to enhance housing delivery to
Nigerians at affordable rates.

Prince Olayewola Shittu is a well known name and a respected freight forwarder in the maritime industry. His company Skelas Group Limited, is a foremost indigenous freight forwarding outfit in the country. In this interview with Vanguard’s Godfrey Bivbere and Ebere Orakpo, he told the story of the struggling days with his wife to build Skelas and the obstacles that they had to face before getting to where the company is today.