By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) on Monday hosted the opening ceremony of the maiden Insurance Week, with a call to action for Nigerians to embrace insurance. The week-long event with the theme, “Insurance For All: Securing Nigeria’s Future”, is organised by the Chartered Insurance Institute of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Seplat Energy Plc has empowered no fewer than 50 journalists, including news editors and correspondents covering Capital Market, Judiciary, Finance, and Business beats, with essential media entrepreneurship skills. The two-day capacity-building programme held from Wednesday, June 25 to Thursday, June 26, was organised in partnership with ELOHContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), Drlf Umaru Kwairanga, has commended the Pearl Awards for sustaining three decades of excellence in recognising and promoting high standards in Nigeria’s capital market. Speaking at the 30th anniversary Corporate Summit of the Pearl Awards held in LagosContinue Reading
By Bashir Rabe Mani Good eyesight is essential for daily activities, mobility, and overall quality of life. Globally, 2.2 billion people suffer from vision impairment or blindness, with many cases being preventable. In Nigeria, an estimated 24 million people live with vision loss, and 1.3 million are blind. Common eyeContinue Reading
It is disheartening to see yet another round of sensational and poorly researched reporting targeting the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), this time with wild claims about so-called “billions of naira” spent on spouses of staff for the 2025 Hajj. As someone who has closely followed NAHCON’s operations forContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Mr Sunny Akhigbe, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, has called for strategic investment in Nigerian youths as a critical pathway to unlocking the nation’s ambition of becoming a one-trillion dollar economy. Akhigbe, founder of “A Boy and His Dream Foundation”, made the call during a media parley inContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has commended President Bola Tinubu for his intervention and timely visit to Benue State. The National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, gave the commendation in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Othman-Ngelzarma also lauded the Federal GovernmentContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), in partnership with Training Heights, has trained over 80 Chief Information Officers and senior IT professionals in global IT standards. This is contained in a statement on Monday by Mrs Joke Adeyemi, Head of Corporate Communications at the NIA. The training, aimedContinue Reading
By Correspondent Dr. Dauda Adamu, Director-General, Tinubu National Alliance for 2027 (TNA’27) and National Coordinator, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Stability Project, says President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima remained focused on delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda to the Nigerians. Adamu, in a statement on Monday, emphasised thatContinue Reading
