THE Executive Secretary of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme says the adoption of technology in the payment of pensions has made it near impossible for pension funds to be mismanaged or embezzled as was in the past Speaking in Calabar while declaring open a two day Stakeholders Forum for pensioners in South […]
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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has arrested a civilian for posing as a Senior Military Officer and trying to access a military installation inside Burma Camp. The personnel also retrieved from the suspect, Rufai Abubakar, documents including several certificates and fake Ghana Armed Forces recruitment application summary reports bearing names of some other persons; military […]
About 15 individuals and organisations have been awarded for their immense contribution towards the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Ghana. The awardees were each presented with plaques and fridges in Accra yesterday. Organised by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP) it sought to acknowledge the efforts of organisations and individuals against […]
The Regional Director of the National Youth Authority in the Upper West Region, Mr Amankona Ampofo has encouraged the youth to lead the campaign against bush fires and acts that are inimical to climate change. He explained that to help improve upon climate change conditions and reduce human activities such as felling of trees, land […]
A total of 81 members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been approved to contest for various national executive positions in the upcoming delegates’ congress of the party. They will be contesting for the chairmanship, Vice Chairman-person, General Secretary, Deputy General Secretary, National Organiser, Deputy National Organiser, Youth Organiser, Women’s Organiser and National Communications […]
The United Kingdom-based African Leadership Magazine (ALM) has named the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as “African Female Leader of the Year”. According to a statement by ALM, the category was part of the “11th African leadership persons of the year award – 2022”. Also, the President of Sierra Leone, […]
At separate campaign trails, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday promised to secure Nigerians future, as well as that of their children, while the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, vowed to end incessant strikes in universities, if given the chance to rule the […]
The NDLEA entered into a plea agreement with the drug barons, including four internationally-wanted Mexicans, proposing 10 years’ sentence that would be backdated to 2016. The Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has sentenced nine drug traffickers, including four internationally-wanted Mexicans, to 10 years imprisonment each. The judge, Okon Abang, gave the judgement on […]
When the EFCC concluded its investigation, GCA Energy Limited and its officials were not charged. An oil and gas exploration services company, GCA Energy Limited, has been exonerated of any wrongdoing following the judgement of a Federal High Court in Lagos, which struck out a suit filed against three aides of former President of the […]
The DAME Award was established in 1991 to enhance professionalism in the media by rewarding talent and enterprise. Media professionals and the public have the 31st edition of the annual Diamond Awards for Media Excellence to look up to when it is held in Lagos on Sunday. Ademola Osinubi, the immediate past managing director of […]
Fishing was one of the hardest hit businesses at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency, but the merchants said things are gradually returning to normal. Business activities have fully resumed at the famous Baga Fish Market, Maiduguri, an indication that life is steadily returning to normal after more than a decade-old insurgency halted many […]
Nigeria’s debt owed to China accounts for 83.57 percent of its total bilateral debt as of June 30, 2022, totalling $3.9 billion. China is expected to account for 66 percent of the debt-service payments International Development Association (IDA) countries will be making on their official bilateral debt in 2022, the World Bank has said. The […]
The PDP flagged off its campaign in Dutse, the state’s capital, on Tuesday. Hours after three of his supporters died in a fatal road accident while travelling to attend the flag-off of the campaign of Mustapha Lamido, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa was cheerily dancing at the rally to […]
The PDP flagged off its campaign in Dutse, the state’s capital, on Tuesday. Hours after three of his supporters died in a fatal road accident while travelling to attend the flag-off of the campaign of Mustapha Lamido, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa was cheerily dancing at the rally to […]
The WASP stealer, which is high in probability with critical damage potential, is a persistent malware hosted its developer claims are undetectable. The Nigerian Communications Commission has cautioned Nigerians on the risk of taking part in a new TikTok trend called Invisible Challenge, saying it could expose devices to malware. The challenge exposes devices to […]
The APC state chairman writes the party’s national chairman to complain about the activities of some leaders of the party. The chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State said the party has been reduced to a laughing stock by some “disgruntled leaders” of the party who visit the state on Governor Nyesom […]
President Embalo assured President Buhari that he will follow in his footsteps in ensuring free and fair elections in his country. President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria to work with Guinea Bissau and other countries towards sustaining and strengthening democracy and good governance in the sub-region and the entire African continent. President […]
Given the newly inaugurated Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), local oil and gas traders/operators have been advised to leverage technology if they truly desire to join the global oil and gas community. The Chief Executive of Flagship Energy Limited, Mr. Osagie Ediale, who gave the advice in a statement released in Abuja recently, said the deployment […]