The National Pension Commission has said it recovered N553.03m from defaulting employers who deducted their workers monthly emoluments but failed to remit to their Retirement Savings Accounts with their respective pension fund administrators. PenCom disclosed this in its monthly report for the fourth quarter of 2020 obtained on Sunday. Out of this amount, the principal […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to provide spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the federal government since May 2015. SERAP said the details should include the total overdrafts, the projects on which the overdrafts have been spent, repayment […]
The United Kingdom is said to be considering major cuts in aid facilities to at least eight countries, including Nigeria. Open Democracy, an international media organisation, in a report published on Friday, disclosed the UK’s decision as seen in leaked emails from the accounts of government officials. The cuts were reportedly “discussed by senior officials […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said Nigeria accounts for 20 per cent (about $10 billion) of the estimated $50 billion that Africa loses to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). The chairman of the commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, made the disclosure in his welcome remark at a physical and virtual zoom […]
In line with its gender equity focus, MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative, a non-profit organization, is organizing a Discourse on Women and a Road walk to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD). The one- day activity which will feature a Press conference on the effect of insecurity and Covid-19 on […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders. Giving his speech at the virtual commissioning ceremony of the NIS Technology Building on Thursday in Abuja, he urged the NIS to collaborate with international security organisations such as INTERPOL in safeguarding the borders. The President […]
By Foster Obi A new executive committee of the Advert Managers Forum (AMF), a professional grouping of managers of advertising in the print media industry has been inaugurated. A press statement signed by Vera Chidi-Maha, Public Relations Officer said the inauguration which took place during the February monthly meeting of the forum at the secretariat […]
By Tony Udemba Following another round of failed assassination attempt on the lives of the aged parents of Mr. Ebareki Lucky Owhoaridhowo, Executive Director of Social Justice and Civic Rights Group, SJCRG, he has cried out to the United Nations, United States of America and the European Union, saying that their lives are in danger, […]
Nigeria will commence the vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday, the Federal Government said two days after it received the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, announced this on Thursday at a presidential briefing held at the State House in Abuja, […]
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan says drug barons are funding terrorism and banditry across Nigeria. According to Senator Lawan, the proceeds of the illegal drug trade are used to purchase arms and ammunitions for terror groups like Boko Haram as well as bandits and kidnappers. The Lawmaker stated this when Chairman of the National Drug Law […]