Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited has said it will partner other stakeholders in the industry to help Nigerians to retire well. The PFA said this during the fifth edition of its employers’ forum, with the theme, “Partnering to deliver excellent pension administration services,” in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to a statement from the firm, the…
FG denies injecting monkeypox virus through free medical treatment
The Federal Government has described as fake and sinister the report that the outbreak of monkey pox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged free medical care organised by the government for people of the affected areas. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji…
Army raided Kanu’s home again, says brother
The Nigerian Army on Sunday raided the Abia home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. According to Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the soldiers said they were searching for ‘technical items.’ He claimed that the soldiers, however, took away from the house items such as television sets, generator and…
Nigerian senators earn more than Trump, UK PM —Oyebola
The Initiator and Chairman, Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, Chief Areoye Oyebola, has decried the non-responsiveness of Nigerian federal lawmakers to the widespread call for the downward review of their “monumental salaries and allowances.” According to Oyebola, the recent criticism of the federal legislators by the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof.…
Nobody died in stadium stampede —Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Government on Sunday said nobody died in the stampede at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo during the Nigeria vs Zambia World Cup Qualifier match on Saturday. A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Charles Udoh, confirmed that people sustained varying degrees of injury in the stampede…
Suspend Kachikwu, Baru, Senate panel chair tells Buhari
John Alechenu, Eniola Akinkuotu, Ade Adesomoju, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Oladimeji Ramon and Olaleye Aluko The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) Senator Tayo Alasoadura, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately suspend the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru.…