Although the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, has been in operation for over 11 years now, 32 state governments are yet to comply with the section of the Pension Reform Act, 2014 which mandates employers to have compulsory group life insurance for employees.

LAGOS — THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday disagreed with the restructuring some banks have effected in their debit card, otherwise known as Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) services as well as some measures they introduced on foreign cash and e-payment transactions this week.

ARE you a diabetic patient, how well do you take care of your feet? Your doctor is likely to tell you that a diabetic foot ulcer is a pivotal event in the life of a person with diabetes and a marker of serious disease and co-morbidities. It is a fact that poorly managed diabetes could lead to amputation and without early and optimal intervention; the wound can rapidly deteriorate, leading to amputation of the affected limb.

Imagine this scenario: It was 7pm one fateful Friday last December in Omoku, headquarters of the Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government area of Rivers State. Suddenly sporadic gun shots were heard. Nobody could say what provoked the shooting. But at the end of it all, 12 persons, including a mobile police man, were confirmed killed.

*Use keywords judiciously: keywords here refers to those words that aptly describe your products and services. Keywords are those words people will probably enter into search engines to get your products or services. If you sell shoe, then black shoe is a possible keyword. When you want to create a new Facebook page, after entering the name of your business, there is a multi line text box for description. Include your keywords in the description.

Ibadan—SOME of the exhibits tendered before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, yesterday by former Governor Rashidi Ladoja in the petition he filed against Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s victory in the April 11 elections were admitted.

Worried by the incessant pipeline vandalism in Ughelli and its environs, Delta State, some indigenes of Ughelli under the aegis of Natives of Ughelli Kingdom, have accused the contractors in charge of pipeline surveillance for OML 30 and 34 of complicity in the crime.

Nigeria’s digital market ing space has been projected to hit $10 billion mark from its present value of $2billion by 2020.

Multi-talented musical siblings MI Abaga and Jesse Jagz will be performing at the Star Music Trek concert, which is scheduled to hold at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin on Saturday, August 15th 2015.

The Hope Uzodinma Campaign Organisation, HUCO, has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the last Imo West Senatorial District Election, Osita Izunaso, to accept defeat if he believes in democracy rather than resorting to blackmail with intent to reverse the will of Orlu people, who overwhelmingly voted for Senator Hope Uzodinma at the election.

Following the release of Lagbo dam by the Camerounian government and the warning by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, of expected flooding, Kogi State government has warned residents along the Riverine areas to move to a higher ground.

THE lingering crisis between the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, and their workers worsened yesterday as the leadership of Trade Union Congress, TUC in the South East in conjunction with the zonal leadership of Senior Staff of Electricity and Allied Companies Staff vowed to shut down operations completely in the zone.

The previous week, we noted that two persons, the building contractor and a structural engineer associated with a building which collapsed at Ikotun, were to be investigated as to their roles in the deaths of persons at the building site.

The Federal Government has said Nigeria will begin the implementation of Accrual Basis under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards, IPSAS, in January 2016.

Nigerian Association of Master Mariners, (NAMM), has raised alarm over the payment of 1.5 percent Local content and two percent Cabotage levies by indigenous operators, which they described as double taxation.