No Plans To Replace Naira Notes With e-Naira — CBN
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come out to disown a news item that it intends to replace the Naira notes in circulation with digital currency,…
Feature: Earth Movement in Pension Industry
Pension logo It is eighteen years since the Pension industry was carved out of the Insurance industry and government direct management. The new Act of 2004 began a new…
BUHARI APPOINTS ADEYEMI ADENIRAN AS STATISTICIAN-GENERAL OF FEDERATION, CEO OF NBS
His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the appointment of Mr Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau…
BIBA SET TO INCORPORATE AFRICAN INSURANCE ISSUES INTO DISCOURSE
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---In a bid to give delegates from Africa a sense of belonging at the yearly British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) Conference, issues relating to insurance practice in the…
Prompt Claims Settlement, Best Advertisement For Insurance Industry” — FG
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Dr (Mrs) Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has described prompt claims payment as the best advertisement for instance industry. Ahmed made the call…
Access Holdings Acquires Majority Stake In Foremost PFA, First Guarantee Pension
Wigwe By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Access Bank Plc has announced plans to acquire a majority equity stake in FBN Holding’s pension subsidiary, First Guarantee…
FBN Holdings takes over Access Bank’s pension business
FBN Holdings Plc, through its subsidiary First Pension Custodian Limited, agreed with Access Bank Plc to buy out the latter’s pension subsidiary Access Pension Fund Custodian in a deal involving…
Shareholders celebrate ABC Orjiako as he retires as Seplat chairman
It was a harvest of praises by representatives of Nigerian shareholder groups who were at Seplat Energy Plc 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) which held in Lagos as they visibly lauded…
WE MUST STOP SEXUAL, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA’— NSCDC BOSS
Against the backdrop of injuries and deaths of women and the girl child in Nigeria, arising from sexual and gender based violence, Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
CITN 24th Annual Tax Conference: Osinbajo Drums Support For FIRS Digitisation Agenda
Executive Chairman, FIRS, Nami Muhammad, delivers the keynote address at the Chartered Institute of Taxation 24th Annual Tax Conference in Abuja on behalf of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN.…
Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria PMI® Private sector activity growth quickens in April
Marked and accelerated expansions in output and new orders helped drive a pick-up in growth in the Nigerian private sector during April. However, private sector performance was once again impacted…
FIRS Lists Nigeria’s 2021 Top-Performing Taxpayers, Hails Them For Compliance, Payment, Support
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---FIRS Lists Nigeria’s 2021 Top-Performing Taxpayers; Hails Taxpayers For Compliance, Payment and Support The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has listed Nigeria’s top-performing taxpayers in the year 2021,…
Deborah: A deep wound in the soul of our country — Pat Utomi
Professor Patrick Utomi has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of a college in Sokoto State over alleged blasphemy, describing the incident as “a deep wound in the…
Governor Soludo Greets Obi Of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe As He Clocks 81
Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo on behalf of the Government and People of Anambra State felicitates with the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, mni CFR (Agbogidi) on his 81st…
Nine banks’ non-performing loans rise, hit N814bn
Bank, logo The aggregate Non-Performing Loans of nine banks increased to in 2021, representing a per cent increase from the reported in 2020, according to findings by the PUNCH.…
SEC Releases Guidelines For Digital Assets Offerings, Pegs At N10bn
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pegged the maximum amount to be raised from Digital Assets Offering within any continuous 12-month period at N10 billion.…
DLEA seizes 203,879 Tramadol tabs in raids of 4 states
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances in raids across Abia, Kaduna, Yobe and Kogi…
After 38 years, SSS removes Nigerian journalist from watchlist
The State Security Service (SSS) has removed a journalist, Lanre Arogundade, from a watchlist in which his name featured for 38 years, the Director General of the Service, Yusuf Magaji…
Buhari condemns gruesome murder of Sokoto student for alleged blasphemy
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday condemned setting ablaze of Deborah Samuel which occurred in Sokoto State on Thursday. Recall that irate youths of the Shehu Shagari College of Education killed…
Ngige Withdraws From Presidential Race
Ngige By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige has withdrawn his initial intention to contest for the presidential ticket of the APC and would…