The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has concluded arrangements for the opening of transfer window to customers. The Executive Director, Operations and Services, Premium Pension Limited, Adamu Mele, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja yesterday. According to him, there are several institutions handling the identity of Nigerians. “These institutions have to be …

Folake Sokoya A coalition of civil society groups, yesterday, faulted the bail conditions granted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, stating that they amount to denial of bail. The group, in a statement in Abuja, argued that it was imperative that these bail conditions be varied or in …

A farmer in Shudna village in Shiroro local government of Niger state, Mr. Habila Gambo has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris Kpotun, over the adoption and forceful marriage of his 16-year old daughter, Janet by a tailor, Nasiru Yusuf in Erena village of the council area . In the petition titled “compliant of criminal breach …

Residents of Shendam Close, off Anthony Anyaoku Street, a neighbourhood of Area 11, Abuja, were on Tuesday, treated to yet another macabre dance in discovery of huge cache of money in different parts of the country. A combined team of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the army raided three vehicles with several ‘Ghana must go’ bags containing huge …

Folake Sokoya In the bid to fulfilling the promise of getting rid of criminals in the state, the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos Police Command on Wednesday arrested eight miscreants in Ojodu Berger for extorting motorists and ordering them to park on obstruction in return for fee. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode had directed …

The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party being led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi has called on Nigerians to come out and register in the forthcoming Continuous Voters Registration. It said the registration would be an opportunity to vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2019. It also called on the management of the Independent National Electoral Commission …

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission NCPC Rev. Tor Uja has inaugurated Metropolitan Coordinators who will head the newly created Metropolitan offices across the Nations at the NCPC Corporate Headquarters, Abuja. Speaking during the Conference of Metropolitant and Zonal Cordinators with Management and Desk Officers in Abuja, the Executive Secretary explained that the reason for the creation …

Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) Plc, presented its un-audited result for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, showing that the conglomerate was able to sustain its earnings performance for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. For instance revenue for the period rose to N15.767 billion from N13.192 billion in 2016, representing an increase of about N2.575 billion or …

Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc says its goal is to be the biggest provider of power in Nigeria. Tony Elumelu, chairman of the company, said this on Tuesday while commenting on the appointment of Adim Jibunoh as the new president of Trancorp. In a statement by Napoleon Esemudje, the company’s director of resources, Elumelu said Transcorp has a very special …

The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said that, the country should be out of recession by the third quarter of 2017. Addressing the press after a meeting with the leadership of the senate in Abuja, Emefiele said the federal government had done a lot to revive the economy, He promised that the apex bank would …