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As part of its efforts to strengthen the relevance of insurance profession and create more awareness to correct the blurred perception of insurance by Nigerians, the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has said that it would be initiating t...
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has disclosed its resolve to continue to fashion out more strategies aimed at building up the company’s capital base and driving its growth beyond the ongoing capitalisation process.The Chairman of the company, Dr. E...
Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc has recorded a 65.58 per cent growth in net earnings during the year ended December 31, 2010.According to reports from the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the year end audited results of the company showed a profit after tax of N...
Strong indications emerged at the weekend that Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) might have concluded plans to trim down its workforce following the sustainable market depression being witnessed at the stock market.Investigation by Leadership r...
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has disclosed its preparedness to lists one of its subsidiaries, United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (UNICEM) on the floor of the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE).The Group Managing Director, Mr. Emmanuel Ukpabi...
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, was born March 30, 1968 in Canada. As a Canadian recording artiste and entrepreneur from a large family of Charlemagne in Quebec, Celine emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husb...
The Sultan of Sokoto , Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims in the country to look for the new Moon of Shawwal today. The Sultan stated this in a statement signed by Ahmed Abdulkadir on behalf of the chairman, Advisory Committee on Religi...
The Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (COE), Ambassador Thorbjorn Jagland, has written a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban Ki-moon, over the deadly attack on the UN building in Abuja, which claimed several liv...
Former Kogi State governor, Prince Abubakar Audu has opened up on why he wanted a DNA test to be conducted on the child of her enstranged wife and former first lady, Mrs. Aisha Audu, and said he did not trust her.. A DNA test conducted had indicated th...
Members of Lagos State House of Assembly have condemned the inability of President Goodluck Jonathan to take action on the Boko Haram sect, which is responsible for Friday’s bombing of the United Nations (UN) office in Abuja. Deputy Whip of the H...
Benue State House of Assembly has describe ed as “false” the recent claims by one Dr. Jacob Abdullahi that he has found the cure for HIV/AIDS. Abdullahi, who is the Managing Director of Winners Diagnostic Laboratories, Makurdi, was reported...
Honourable Aliyu Ibrahim Gebi represents Bauchi Federal Constituency of Bauchi State in the House of Representatives. In this interview with CHIBUZO UKAIBE, he shares perspectives on his legislative agenda, six-year tenure proposal and several topical ...
Kidnappers at the weekend in Delta State abducted the 70- year old Mr. Akpobome Ogrih, father of Mr. Sam Ogrih, a Commissioner in the Delta State House of Assembly Service Commission at Uzere, Isoko South Council of the state. The abduction of the sept...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo yesterday told King Abdallah Abdulazeez bin-Saud of Saudi Arabia that President Goodluck Jonathan intends to pay a visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia next year. Sambo spoke while delivering a message from Jonathan to the K...
The European Union high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice President of the European Commission, Catherine Ashton, has described the bombing of UN House by the Islamic set, Boko Haram, as a ‘criminal ...