Archives for November, 2025
AIICO Launches All-in-One Financial Protection for Nigeria’s Underserved Population
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI AIICO Insurance Plc has officially launched its groundbreaking product, AIICO All-in-One Financial Protection, a bundled insurance solution designed to address the longstanding financial vulnerabilities faced by Nigeria’s…
Interswitch, FMN, Sahara Group, other top brands back BJAN conference on Nov 28
Leading brands in Nigeria such as Interswitch, Flour Mills of Nigeria, Sahara Group, Nigerian Breweries and Checkers Custard, among other top brands, have thrown their weight behind the 2025 National…
CIIN Commences Registration For 2026 Professional Examinations Dec. 1
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) says it will commence registration for April 2026 Professional Examinations from Monday, December 1st 2025 to Saturday, January 31st, 2026…
SEC tasks market operators on sustained compliance culture
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has urged financial sector stakeholders to strengthen and sustain a culture of proactive compliance…
US tariffs wipe out $600m Nigerian exports
The United States has reduced its purchases of Nigerian goods by about $615m in the first eight months of this year following the introduction of new tariffs by President Donald…
UN predicts severe food crisis in Nigeria
The escalating insurgency across northern Nigeria is pushing hunger to unprecedented levels, threatening regional stability, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. In a statement from WFP yesterday,…
CBN: 16 banks scale recapitalisation hurdle
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said that 16 banks have successfully scaled through the recapitalisation hurdle, meeting the revised capital requirements set under its ongoing banking sector reforms.…
CBN Retains MPR at 27%
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tuesday, resolved to keep the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), the benchmark interest rate, unchanged at 27 per…
E-Waste Dialogue: Ugbechie warns against Nigeria’s ‘disposal culture’, demands bigger NESREA enlightenment budget
Publisher, Political Economist Magazine and immediate past Vice President, Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Mr. Ken Ugbechie, speaking during the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue with the theme: Nigeria: Recycle…
Recapitalisation: Sovereign Trust Insurance Set To Raise N5bn Via Right Issue
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI STI MD, Soyinka Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc notifies its shareholders and the investing public that its Board of Directors, chaired by Mr. Abimbola Oguntunde, has approved an…
