The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has clarified that it did not reject the 40 per cent deduction of employer contributions by the ministry of finance. According to the statement issued by the fund’s general-manager, corporate affairs, Nwachukwu Godson…
Gov. Bago dismisses report on ban of alcohol in Niger
Niger governor Umar Bago has dismissed reports claiming that he had banned alcoholic drinks in the state. Bago, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said such a directive was neither from or his aides. “The public should disregard the…
Court remands driver for allegedly stealing car
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered that a 34-year-old driver, Ridioam Rasheed, who allegedly stole a car, be remanded in a correctional centre. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police charged Rasheed, who…
INEC may hold re-run, bye-elections in February, says Mahmood
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says re-run and bye-elections may be held across the country next February. This is according to the Chairman of the electoral body Mahmood Yakubu who spoke at a meeting with political parties. “With regard…
NNPC Ltd awarded The Whistler’s Transparency and Innovation Accolade
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) clinched the prestigious Transparency and Innovation Award presented by The Whistler Newspaper. The accolade was handed over to Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPC Ltd., at the…
Former Anambra gov, Ezeife is dead
Former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead. A statement from Chief Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family said he died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, yesterday. Ezeife was governor of Anambra state between January 1992…
Breaking: 1 killed, 12 kidnapped in Abuja
The escalating cases of criminality in Abuja, the federal capital, have worsened with the latest attacks on Gbaupe, a rural village behind ACO Estate Lugbe, along the Abuja Airport Road, where 12 people, including a 9-year-old boy and a 13-year-old…
Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers elevates customer experience with revamped Garki branch in Abuja
Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings and a key player in the Standard Bank Group, has unveiled the revamped Customer Experience Centre at its flagship branch in Garki, Abuja. The strategic move is part of the…
Fire guts federal secretariat
There was a fire incident at the Federal Secretariat on Saturday. The fire was said to have been caused by an explosion in the electrical utility room. While giving an account of the event, the Director of Communications, Office of…
Demolition: No amount of threats, violence will make lgbos quit Lagos, Abuja — Intersociety
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has said that no amount of intimidating, threats, and violence of any kind would make the Easterners leave Lagos or Abuja. The group stated that under ‘United Nigeria or…