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Month: November 2019

SEC, NSE, FMDQ, others for CAMCAN conference

As the Federal Government makes efforts to solve the infrastructure challenges, investment experts, capital market regulators, operators and other stakeholders will gather on December 7 to proffer ways on how the  government can tap into the nation’s capital market to tackle the challenges. The experts will gather at Dover Hotel, Ikeja, for the  2019 Annual […]

PenCom Says Pension Assets Hit N9.58tn, Targets 90m Workers

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) thursday put the total stock of pension assets as at September at N9.58 trillion, saying the amount was contributed by 8.85 million Nigerians who are participants in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The acting director general of National Pension Commission (PenCom), Aisha Dahirr-Umar made this known today in her keynote […]

Huge Leaks Are Exposing Xinjiang’s Re-education Camps . But Don’t Expect Beijing To Back Down

The Chinese government’s carefully constructed narrative around its Xinjiang detention centers appears to have been shattered by hundreds of pages of leaked documents published by Western media over the last two weeks. Beijing has long insisted that its vast camps are voluntary “vocational training centers,” where people learn job skills and are then free to […]

Nigerian government calls for more Commonwealth scholarship opportunities

The Nigerian government has called on the British Government to create more Commonwealth scholarship opportunities for member countries. The government says this is crucial to achieving accelerated growth, stable polity, social change and improved quality of life of member states. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono made the call in […]

SBC Managing Director’s Fiery Mail Continues To Unsettle Nigerians  

A leaked mail emanating from the Managing Director of Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC), Ziad Maalouf, stating his determination to stop at nothing, to crush the dreams of Nigerians has begun to raise questions, and generate controversy.   The leaked e-mail sent to Pepsi’s Heads of Depot across the country on November 13, 2019, was categorical […]

Lady Caught With 23 ATM Cards Hidden In Her Private Part

Police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has reported that a woman identified as Halima Juma, was arrested with 23 ATM cards allegedly tucked inside her private parts. According to k24TV the 23-year-old was suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards. She was arrested on Tuesday at a bank ATM […]

6.7m People Get Free Mosquito Net In Niger

No fewer than 6.7 million residents across the 25 local government areas of Niger state benefited from the distribution of Long Lasting Insecticidal (LLIN) nets replacement campaign in the state. Mr Christopher Dangana, Programme Manager, Society for Family Health (SFH), disclosed this during the state Debriefing in Minna on Tuesday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

US Indictment: Lawyer Asks Court to Bar Extradition of Air Peace Boss, Allen Onyema

A Nigerian Lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Johnmary C. Jideobi, has instituted a suit in the Federal High Court in Abuja for the enforcement of the fundamental human rights of the embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema, who is facing fraud allegations in the United States of America. The […]

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