Underwriting companies under the auspices of the Nigerian Insurers Association, NIA, are optimistic that the Nigerian Insurance Industry Database, NIID, will curtail the unethical practices of some insurance brokers who are in the habit of siphoning premium meant for insurance companies.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Mr. Muhtar Usman, an aviator of over three decades, new Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, of the Federal Ministry of Aviation.

Cross River State Government has built several social service infrastructure on a smart card through its ICT company, Smartgov.CRSG, to empower the citizens and residents of the state. The Special Adviser to the state government on Information Communication and Technology (ICT), Mr. Odo Effiong has said.

The cost of insecurity in Nigeria is turning out to be very expensive. It is estimated that over N1 trillion has been spent by individuals and the various arms of government on ransoms, compensations, upgrade of security apparatus and personnel since the advent of kidnapping and Boko Haram in the country.

Nigeria used to rank as one of the leading cocoa- producing countries in West Africa before the oil boom. Cocoa was a major export crop for the nation as it fetched a sizeable percentage of the nation’s foreign exchange earnings.