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The House of Representatives may have finalised arrangements to order the reinstatement of 43 employees whose appointments were suspended by the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). The House, Ad-hoc Committee, led by Emmanuel Agbonayinma investigating alleged disappearance of N33 billion pensions’ ...

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Tony Okpanchi, yesterday told the World Bank that DBN disbursed N31 billion to 35,000 beneficiaries in the last two years. He said the facilities were given to the ...

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has urged Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati, to dismiss Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s petition seeking to transfer his trial before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun to another ...

Staff members of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State yesterday alleged that Governor Ibikunle Amosun has perfected plans to clamp down on their unions leaders. The three labour unions in the institution in a statement yesterday in Abeokuta, ...

Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, and Osun State have cautioned members of the public to be wary of land grabbers who encroach on its property and sell to people. Besides, the university allayed fears that its ...

A gathering of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) professionals holds today at Harbour Point on Victoria Island, Lagos. The first of its kind in Nigeria, the event will bring together thought leaders, regulators, stakeholders and members of the public for ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, to stop creating unnecessary tension in the state. He made the call in a statement issued yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam ...

Imo State chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) have given Governor Rochas Okorocha seven days to pay workers and retirees salaries and pension arrears. This followed their angst ...

The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) from 2019 to 2021. The House during plenary presided by Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, endorsed a benchmark of 2.3m barrels of crude oil production ...

Rising insecurity in Nigeria was the subject matter of serious and debate at plenary yesterday. Consequently, Senate moved for special consideration in Zamfara State and to set aside N10 billion in the 2019 budget as intervention fund for tackling insecurity ...