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NEM Insurance Pays N7.6bn Claims in 2022 NEM Insurance Plc paid N7.6 billion to its claimants for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2022. Dr Fidelis Ayebae, the Chairman, NEM Insurance, said this at the company’s 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday in Lagos. Ayebae said the figure represented a growth of 38 per cent when compared with N5.5 billion paid in 2021. He said the net claims ratio for the year under review was 22 per cent and 19.9 per cent for year 2021, representing an increase of 2.1 per cent. He stated that gross claims incurred during…
AfDB Approves $11.7m for African Farmers to Access Fertilizer The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $11.7 million budgetary allocation to the African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) for its 2023 operations. The approval adds up to $16.4 million extended to the Facility to support its 2023 budget. It includes $4.7 million, which was carried over from the previous year. The Board of Directors also validated AFFM’s 2023 program of activities: strengthening the fertilizer sector through access to finance, supporting the development of sustainable policy reforms to improve fertilizer production, trade, and use, and facilitating access…
The crude oil market continues its bearish session with declining prices as a result of demand fears …
Nigeria’s Debt Management Office has raised more than N368 billion from the Federal Government’s primary market bonds
Demand for foreign currencies spiked, albeit, marginally across the foreign exchange market
The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (Kaduna SUBEB) has begun a campaign to enrol 145,553 out-of-school children
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has welcomed a statement from the Official Creditor Committee for Ghana on the importance of an IMF-supported economic program, together with its commitment to negotiate debt restructuring terms accordingly.
Amidst a relatively high debt load that triggered the financial crisis in Ghana, Fitch Solutions
Amidst uncertainties in demand following the United States (U.S) debt ceiling debate, crude oil prices …