L-R: Past Chairman of Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA), Mr. Dolapo Balogun; Chairman Governing Council, NIA, Mr. Eddie Efekoha; Deputy Commissioner, Technical, National Insurance Commission, Mr. Olorundare Sunday Thomas; a past Chairman, Mr. Wole Oshin; Deputy Chairman NIA, Mr. Tope Smart, and a past Chairman, Oye Hassan-Odukale during a ground breaking ceremony for a multipurpose NIA towers in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), the umbrella body of insurance firms in Nigeria yesterday conducted the ground-breaking ceremony to commence construction work on its proposed NIA Building in Lagos.
Past Chairman of Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA), Rev. Olusola Olatayo Ladipo-Ajayi; past Chairman, Mr. Dolapo Balogun; Chairman Governing Council, NIA, Mr Eddie Efekoha; Deputy Commissioner, Technical, National Insurance Commission, Mr. Olorundare Sunday Thomas; a past Chairman, Mr. Wole Oshin; Deputy Chairman NIA, Mr. Tope Smart, and a past Chairman, Oye Hassan-Odukale during a ground breaking ceremony for a multipurpose NIA towers in Victoria Island, Lagos.L-R: Past Chairman of Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA), Mr. Dolapo Balogun; Chairman Governing Council, NIA, Mr. Eddie Efekoha; Deputy Commissioner, Technical, National Insurance Commission, Mr. Olorundare Sunday Thomas; a past Chairman, Mr. Wole Oshin; Deputy Chairman NIA, Mr. Tope Smart, and a past Chairman, Oye Hassan-Odukale during a ground breaking ceremony for a multipurpose NIA towers in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The current state of oil prices in the international market is a divine blessing for Nigeria. It represents a unique opportunity for Nigeria to re-discover itself and diversify its sources of national revenue or slump into deeper financial crisis and poverty.
It has been proven in the lives of individuals, organisations and nations, that certain negative experiences or consequences spurred them to innovations and critical thinking, and led them to greater heights. It is our hope that such could become of our own country.
South African troops deployed as part of a new government effort to stop deadly anti-immigrant violence. Their first target: the Johannesburg suburb of Jeppestown, where xenophobic violence broke out. South African Police raided a Jeppestown hostel while troops secured the perimeter.
Earlier, Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula announced the plan to deploy an undisclosed number of troops to areas where police are spread too thin while trying to curb deadly attacks against immigrants.
