Managing Director/Chief Executive, Heritage Bank Limited, Mr. Ifie Sekibo has counselled aspiring leaders to be open and teachable in order access fresh insight to overcome challenges of leadership.

Managing Director/Chief Executive, Sterling Bank Plc, Abubakar Suleiman has called on members of the Committee on E-Business Industry Heads (CeBIH) to deploy digital competencies used in developing Nigeria’s payment system to solve other socio-economic problems in the country.

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has rewarded      of 2,576 customers with cash and various gifts at the end of the its    reward scheme tagged “FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 5”. The promo, designed to reward and empower customers, ran from March to October this year with four regional and zonal draws, including the grand finale, on November 28, 2018.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russian Railways and  the Russian Export Center  (REC), agreeing to cooperate in implementing export and investment projects in the railway sector in Africa.

AFRICAN Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has concluded plans to relocate its head office even as it indicates it may underperform its revenue target for 2018.

LINKAGE Assurance Plc has won the 2018 Pearl sectoral leadership award in the insurance industry on corporate excellence in the capital market.

Two entrepreneurs from the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Alumni, Help Mum and Project Enable Africa, have won $250,000 each out of the $2million prize money at the just ended Google ‘Impact Challenge Africa’ in Lagos.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved compensation for farmers and fishermen that were affected by flood occasioned the excessive rains of this year.

The Naira, on Thursday, depreciated at the parallel market, exchanging at N368 to the dollar.

THE Federal, states and local governments yesterday shared a total of N788.139 billion from the revenue that accrued to the federation account for the month of October.

The Government of Nigeria and private sector investors will soon receive important support that will help boost key industries such as the banking sector as well as providing access to competitively priced credit and loan facilities for institutions in Nigeria. Relief is expected once Nigeria finalises its membership into ATI, which is nearing completion.

The Acting Director-General, National Pension Commission (PENCOM), Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, said that the Commission had released framework and guidelines for Micro-Pension Scheme to take off in first quarter of next year.

THE Nigeria Actuarial Society, NAS, has said that corporate organisations and the nation’s economy will gain tremendous advantages from a more robust deployment of actuarial data in the management decision making process and economic development.

Mr. Bola Onadele Koko is the Managing Director of FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange. In this interview, he spoke on the milestones achieved by the Exchange in its five years of existence and strategies to continue to move the debt market forward. Excerpt:

Mr. Segun Owolabi, National Coordinator, Concerned Shareholders Association of Nigeria, in this interview, spoke on why many people are not participating in the Nigerian capital market. He also spoke on the use of technology in reducing unclaimed dividend. Excerpts: