We have different kind of losses and they could be financial, psychological, emotional or sentimental. On the other hand, people have different ways of handling their risk either through risk avoidance, risk reduction, risk retention, risk sharing and risk transfer. There is one way of risk handling that is cultural but fast disappearing especially when it comes to supporting ourselves, which is our large family culture.

Conoil Plc has lived up to its pledge to maintain its growth momentum as the company’s recorded improved performance in  the first half, H1’18 with profit soaring by 29 percent to N809.78 million.

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has called on stakeholders in the capital markets to work towards the listing of more companies in the upstream oil and gas sector as well as those that add value to the hydrocarbon resources in the country.

Shareholders of RAK Unity Petroleum Company Plc have unanimously endorsed the proposal by its Board of Directors to pay a dividend of 10 kobo per share for the financial year ended December 31, 2017.

E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (EPPAN) is set to host its 9th annual payment systems and fraud conference.

Operators in the insurance industry have said that consumers’ scepticism over online business transactions as well as data unavailability are some of the obstacles to full adoption of technology in the sector.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that investors who bought shares of the same company using different names during public offers have an extended deadline of December 31 2018 to consolidate their multiple subscriptions into a single account and equally regularise their shareholding.

Investment analysts have said that the downward trend in equities pricing will continue this week following heightened political tension in the country.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that life insurance holds the key to wise financial planning.

Public sector led investment drive in Nigerian economic space is often fraught with uncertainties due to both human capital elements and quality of leadership.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, recently introduced guidelines for USSD transactions. Among other things the guidelines include daily limit of N100, 000 on USSD transaction, apparently in a bid to checkmate fraud through the channel. Some bank customers who spoke with Financial Vanguard shared the opinion about the limit:

Pension Fund Administrators paid N4.97 billion to 12,772 Retirement Savings Account, RSA, holders who were disengaged from their jobs in the first quarter of 2018.

Conoil Plc has lived up to its pledge to maintain its growth momentum as the company’s recorded improved performance in  the first half, H1’18 with profit soaring by 29 percent to N809.78 million.

After deferring dividend payment for two years, C&I Leasing Plc said it is set to resume the payment at the end of the 2018 financial year.

Shareholders of 11PLC (Formerly Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc) have approved N2.6billion for payment as dividend translating to 800 kobo per share for its shareholders for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.