Archives for January, 2020 - Page 4
PenCom Urges Employees To Report Default In Remittance
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has urged employees to ensure that all pension contributions deducted from salaries contributed by employers are remitted to the Pension Fund Custodian…
Access Bank, Wigwe honoured at THISDAY Silver Jubilee celebration
Hadiza Bala Usman,Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority Left;and Mr Herbert Wigwe,GMD Access Bank the presentation of Bank of the decade award to Herbert Wigwe to mark 25 years…
Compliance With PRA 2014 Incomplete Without Group Life Insurance — PenCom Warns
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has once again warned that Compliance With the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014 remained incomplete without Group Life Insurance policy. The commission who sounded the…
Boko Haram rejects N50m offer, beheads abducted Adamawa CAN leader
Boko Haram have rejected N50million ransom for release of Rev. Lawan Andimi, the branch chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area in Adamawa state…
NNPC suffered 45,347 Pipeline Vandals in 18 years – GMD
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded a total of 45,347 pipeline ruptures on its downstream pipeline network across the country between 2001 and half-year of…
Supreme court affirms Ortom’s election, dismisses Jime’s appeal
The Supreme Court Tuesday affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as governor of Benue, dismissing an appeal by Emmanuel Jime, candidate of the APC in the last governorship election challenging…
Four Fulani Herdsmen In Police Net For Raping Minor
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Four herdsmen were on Tuesday in Jos arrested by the police for allegedly raping female minors. The suspects who include Hamisu Mohammed, 18, Rayanu Mohammed, 15, Mustapha…
Oxford dictionary adds okada, danfo, Mama Put, 26 other Nigerian words, expressions
Oxford English Dictionary said it has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to the dictionary. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings from Nigerian…
Customers Can Now Make Cash Withdrawals In Local Currencies … As UBA Connect Set to Deepen Intra-African Trade
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the official launch of a flagship product UBA Connect, a service that enables the customers of the bank…
Nigeria’s economic confidence sees dip in Q4 2020, finds global survey
The latest Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS), from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) reveals economic confidence in Nigeria in Q4 2019 dips…