Daily electronic payment transactions through the Instant Payment (NIP) and Nigerian Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) of the Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) have increased significantly to about N40 billion daily.

CHAIRMAN of Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Dr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has said more shocking revelations of pension scam are underway, even as he declared his being declared ‘wanted’ by the Nigeria Police Force, has ulterior motives.

During its first year the project reduced the number of pretrial detainees by 88.4 percent in Imo; 86.2 percent in Kaduna; 30.5 percent in Ondo; and 61 percent in Sokoto.

LAGOS—Hearing in the suit by two former directors of Newswatch Communications Limited, Mr. Nuhu Wada Aruda and Professor Jibril Aminu, against Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, continued, Wednesday, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

IT was no surprise to followers of Nigerian football, and the cutthroat politics underlining it, when Coach Steven Keshi announced his resignation, after becoming the second African to win the Nations Cup as player and coach.

THE Federal Government has charged the Nigerian Navy to flush out sea robbers and illegal bunkering from the nation’s territorial waters.

Speaker of the Delta State Legislature, Rt Hon (Engr) Victor Ochei has urged Nigerians to support the award winning Super Eagles manager, Stephen Keshi in his effort at ensuring that Nigeria qualifies for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil next year.

FROM its humble beginnings, working with rural communities on Bonny Island, Port Harcourt based Rainbow Book Club’s reading campaign has taken giant strides, culminating in producing the first World Book Capital in Sub Saharan Africa.

Shareholders under the aegis of Proactive shareholders Association of Nigeria, PROSAN, have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, to take steps to curtail activities capable of hampering the operation of the Nigerian Capital Market.

Deputy Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Lola Akande has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for giving rewarding the new African champions, Super Eagles with cash, plots of land and national awards to players and officials.