.. To begin payment March The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) , Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) branch and its management has reached an accord on the implementation of Consequential Salary /Pension Adjustment (CPA) Investigations reveal that an implementation committee is to be set up comprising two members of NUP, two representatives of the…
Members of the House of Representatives were divided on Tuesday as the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; and Majority Leader, Ado Doguwa, announced that Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, would be in the chamber to observe as the lawmakers voted on Constitution amendment bills. The announcement was made at about 12:10pm after the…
MTN has become the first African company to enter the metaverse by purchasing land in Africarare. MTN made this known in a statement on its website titled, ‘MTN Group becomes the first African company to enter the metaverse with land ownership on Africarare’. “This investment demonstrates MTN’s commitment to supporting African innovation as it is…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Monday insisted that it would continue to develop Nigeria’s gas resources despite the exit of International Oil Companies from the country due to the global push for energy transition and net carbon zero target. The NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in Abuja at the ongoing…
Zenith Bank Plc says its gross earnings rose by 10 per cent to N765.6bn as of the end of December 2021, from N696.5bn recorded in the corresponding period of 2020. A statement by the bank said this was despite a challenging macroeconomic environment aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lender its audited financial results for…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, turned down the bail application filed by the detained former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari. Kyari is in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives, an agency of the Federal Government, on Monday, blamed the over three-week scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, on the continued subsidy on PMS. It explained that the solution to the country’s prolonged fuel crisis was to halt the subsidy regime as canvassed by stakeholders including the…
Russia has now committed around three-quarters of the troops it had massed on Ukraine’s border. Its air and artillery strikes have until now been limited. Western officials say that Russia has still to destroy Ukraine’s air defences and gain supremacy in the air. They also believe that Russia’s invasion is not going according to plan…
Isaac, a Nigerian man trying to get into Poland, said border staff told him they were “not tending to Africans”. “We’ve been chased back, we’ve been hit with police armed with sticks,” he told the BBC. South African foreign office official Clayson Monyela also said students had been “badly treated” at the border. There have…
