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PDP wins 4 seats in Sokoto re-run elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates as the winners of the re-run elections for Sokoto North/Sokoto South and Isa/Sabon-Birni Federal Constituencies of…
Coronavirus: Ivory Coast tests woman for China virus
Health officials are dealing with a suspected case of coronavirus in Ivory Coast, the country's health ministry has announced. An unnamed student, who returned to the West African country from…
NSE Employees donate to WARIF Foundation
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- As part of its Employee Give-Back initiative, employees of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “Exchange”) have donated funds to support the initiatives of the Women at…
MPC: CBN raises cash reserve ratio to 27.5% to address monetary inflation
CBN Governor, Emefiele The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ) has increased the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to from , while it retained the Monetary…
At Last FG Bows To Pressure Accepts Amotekun
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--Finally, the Federal Government has bowed to pressures accepting the security initiative by the South West, Amotekun. This followed an agreement reached Thursday in Abuja at a meeting…
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…
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…
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…
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…
