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Day: January 24, 2020

Remit Pension Deduction, Remittances as and when due -PenCom

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has called on employees to ensure that all pension contributions deducted from salaries contributed by employers are remitted to the Pension Fund Custodian (PFC) by the Employer not later than seven (7) working days from the date of payment of their salaries. The agency is also reminding employers of their […]

Bawumia, VP of Ghana, Osinbajo to headline Airtel Touching Lives Premiere

The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will join his Nigerian counterpart, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as Special Guest of Honour at the premiere of Airtel Touching Lives Season 5 to be hosted on January 25th by mobile telecommunication giant, Airtel Nigeria. The event, which will also be attended by the Lagos […]

NLNG Pursues Malaria Elimination In Bonny

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has revealed plans to eliminate Malaria from Bonny Island, Rivers State, its operational base, testing a model of private sector involvement in the fight against the disease that will be replicated globally. This was made known during a recent visit by officials of United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to Bonny […]

Govt ‘blows’ N1.7tr on power sector in three years, says NEC

The power sector has broken down completely, the government declared on Thursday after its activities were reviewed by the National Economic Council (NEC) The government said there is no result to show for the N1.7 trillion financial support it gave to the sector in the last three years. It added that Nigerians must now be […]

Fed Govt, states to end dispute on telecom facilities’ Right of Way

Governors of the 36 states have agreed to resolve the lingering dispute on what should be charged in granting Right of Way (RoW) for the erection, installation and laying of telecommunication infrastructure across states’ lands. The governors rose in Abuja, on Wednesday night, from the first meeting in 2020 of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and […]

Operation Amotekun: Fed Govt, governors strike deal

The Western Nigeria Security network Operation Amotekun has come to stay following a deal on Thursday between the Federal Government and the Southwest governors. Both parties have agreed on way forward for the security outfit launched on January 9 by the governors in response to security challenge in the region. The Federal Government on January […]