A Principal Assistant Registrar in the Pension and Statistics unit of the Registry of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has canvassed for the prompt payment of benefits of retired officers in the public and private sectors. Mr. Akinbola Omiyale made the appeal when he presented the 2nd Valedictory lecture of the FUTA Chapter of the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA) on Wednesday March 9, 2022. In a lecture titled; ‘CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME; FRIEND OR FOE’, he said the design of the Pension Reform Act [2014] is laudable but the challenges faced in implementation are equally intimidating.…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, letter that the party fell short of the law in its notification to the election umpire, to monitor its forthcoming national convention. INEC had in a letter dated March 9 and signed by its secretary, Rose Anthony, rejected an invitation to an emergency meeting of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) ahead of its national convention. It faulted the APC’s letter of invitation on the basis that it was not signed by the national chairman and secretary of the CECPC, which it explained is contrary to…
The Nigerian Navy on Friday deployed 10 warships and two helicopters in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising 31 other foreign navies. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, inaugurated the exercise tagged: “Obangame Express 2022” in Onne, Eleme local government area of Rivers. Gambo said the exercise was aimed at improving security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) and boost synergy with navies within the regional block and allied countries. According to him, the Nigerian Navy will conduct the drill on Nigeria’s territorial waterways and the gulf between March 11 and end on it March 18. “Exercise…
The Alliance of Northern Progressive Youths (ANPY), has endorsed ex-Nassarawa governor, Sen. Tanko Al-Makura for the All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman position ahead of its March 26 National Convention. The group’s Director, Gender and Governance, Ms Amina Wakawa, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. She said that Al-Makura was a thoroughbred politician with manifest experience in party administration, governance and legislative procedures. Wakawa said that Al-Makura represented the right mix of accomplished leadership qualities that would not only add value to the APC but would also facilitate, sustain and build on the successes recorded by…
In its move to #BreakTheBias, Access Bank Plc says its year 2022 financial is aimed at giving out N100 billion loans to women-led businesses. The bank’s Group Head of the W Initiative, Abiodun Olubitan spoke at the sidelines of the International Women’s Day Celebration organised by Access Bank in Lagos on Thursday. He noted that the bank through the “W” initiative has been able to support several women for eight years while noting that 100,000 women have benefitted about N11 billion in terms of volume from the initiative. According to Olubitan, the loan is the Bank’s way of having more…
By Simon Ateba For millions of Americans watching White House press briefings from the comfort of their homes, everything seems normal. For majority of reporters in the James S. Brady press briefing room, however, it’s a place where marginalization is the rule, not the exception, with majority of the questions going to the same reporters and news outlets while others are ignored for weeks and months. On Monday, pent-up anger and frustration reached a crescendo when an Associated Press reporter Josh Boak signaled White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to end the briefing before others had a chance to ask…
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has called on Nigerian government to ban maize exports with a view to ensure food security in the country. Dangote made the call at the 4th Annual Nigerian Food Processors and Nutrition Leadership Forum, organised by the Aliko Dangote Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and TechnoServe in Lagos on Thursday. The Strengthening African Processors of Fortified Foods (SAPFF) programme uses market-based approach to assist over 90 food processors to increase their capacity to produce and sell fortified foods to local markets. According to Dangote, the ongoing war between Russia and…
Many obstacles on Thursday emerged, that may stop the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) from holding its national convention scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 26. Although governor Mai Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) had scheduled that date for the party’s national convention, but besides the current in-house crisis bedeviling the ruling party, there are other legal and technical impediments standing against the convention, Newsdiaryonline has reported. In the first instance, Buni is out of the way and the acting chairman, governor Abubakar Bello has inaugurated chairmen of various state chapters of the party as well as set…
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan have dropped 17 players as part of efforts to reposition their team for optimal performance in the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Tosin Omojola, the club’s Media Officer, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the development was in a bid to strengthen their squad for improved results. “The players were dropped after a review of the team’s performance in the ongoing 2021/2022 season,” he said. The team’s performance on its return this season to the NPFL has been worrying for the club’s management and the team’s fans. 3SC have had an…
Ekiti state governor and chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Kayode Fayemi has revealed how state governors spend the monthly security votes allocated to them. The governor who spoke during a panel discussion organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), also said that state governments spend more on the Police than the federal government. “Some states have something called security vote. It is not all states. Security vote has a history and I will urge you to look for a book by chief Jerome Udoji — ‘[Under] Three Masters’, that’s…