By Ossom Raphael Abuja – The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is soliciting the support of the Federal Capital Territory Administration in the realisation of landed properties of banks in-liquidation within the FCT to enable it pay depositors of affected closed banks. The Corporation had faced some bottlenecks in the full payment of trapped... Read More
The Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mr. Babalola Obilana has disclosed that the State Government, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has paid over N32,276,395,658.43 to 7,998 retirees in the past two years. Obilana spoke at the 85th Bond Presentation ceremony held recently at the LASPEC Hall, NECA House, Alausa, stating that the State... Read More
…Lagos State Is Very Important, Critical To Nigeria Economy – Reps Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, an international gateway to West African countries. He said Lagos State Government has taken a leap to start a 10-lanes highway on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway... Read More
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has raised the alarm over attempts by fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting Nigerian students by luring them to register for a fake grant purportedly given by the fund. TETFund’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Abdulmumin Oniyangi, in a statement on Monday, said the fraudulent information has been circulating on... Read More
OPEN LETTER TO MR PRESIDENT: Amb. (Dr) Hussaini H. C Dear Mr. President, Our land is under serious threat, the fabric that Ties and Unite the various nations is in danger of being severed… We do not know the real actors, we can only guess here and there. The masses now live in... Read More
. . . Disburses N4.2bn Under Defined Benefit Scheme In Two Years The Lagos State Government has paid N14.71billion as accrued pension rights to 3,494 retirees, an official has said. Besides, N4,203,784,514.49 was paid through the Defined Benefits Scheme, otherwise known as ‘Pay As You Go’, between May 2019 and March 2021 to ensure that those... Read More
—————— A former Presidential candidate in 2019 elections in Nigeria Cmrd OMOYELE Sowore was shot today by the police at the Abuja Unity Fountain while planning to have an entry there. According to source Mr. Sowore was said to be speaking with a detachment of the Nigeria’s police officers who shot at the people. The... Read More
Ned Nwoko urges greater focus on malaria vaccine research as he hosts UN, WHO reps in Delta State. The Chairman of Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation and the founder of Malaria eradication in Africa programme, Hon (Dr) Ned Munir Nwoko has stressed the need for greater public-private sector synergy including multilateral agencies in the quest to... Read More
The Director Physical Planning, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Engineer Abubakar Sadiq Sa’ad has been conferred with “fellowship award” by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in Abuja. In his acceptance speech, the Director said the award will spur him to do greater work in UBEC and Nigeria as a whole. Engineer Sa’ad... Read More
Olu Of Warri: Tsola Emiko’s Coronation Holds August 21 – Palace. The Warri Council of Kingmakers announced on Thursday that Prince Tsola Emiko will be crowned and formally installed as the 21st Olu of Warri Kingdom on Saturday, August 21. The Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom and acting Chairman of the Olu’s Advisory Council, Chief... Read More