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AMCON charges gulp N269bn from banks’ earnings

AMCON charges gulp N269bn from banks’ earnings

*As investors, IMF call for wind-up   *Experts recommend bad debt write-off By Nkiruka Nnorom Banks’ payments to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Sinking Fund have continued to swell despite the position of the shareholders and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, that it should be scrapped. Financial Vanguard findings on the Fund’s update show a 22.6 […]

Oboh-Macleod seeks review of Gender Recognition Reform Bill

Oboh-Macleod seeks review of Gender Recognition Reform Bill

Josephine Oboh-Macleod, Chair of Conservatives Friends Africa Scotland, has spoken out on behalf of Conservative Friends of Africa Scotland for SNP to halt and review the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. According to the proposed bill, people in Scotland can self-identify by getting a gender change certificate through an affidavit without medical approval or consultation. […]

Lack of patronage hits tailors as price of materials, sewing soar

Lack of patronage hits tailors as price of materials, sewing soar

By Elizabeth Adegbesan If you get a call from your tailor asking, “how far? I have new designs that will fit you”, don’t be surprised. That has become a common practice among them these days as most people have abandoned making new clothes due to the cost of purchasing the materials and that of sewing them.  […]

AMCON charges gulp N269bn from banks’ earnings

AMCON charges gulp N269bn from banks’ earnings

*As investors, IMF call for wind-up   *Experts recommend bad debt write-off By Nkiruka Nnorom Banks’ payments to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Sinking Fund have continued to swell despite the position of the shareholders and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, that it should be scrapped. Financial Vanguard findings on the Fund’s update show a 22.6 […]

After doctors, mass exodus of teachers from Nigeria looms

After doctors, mass exodus of teachers from Nigeria looms

*UK looking for cheap labour —NUT *It is not brain drain —TRCN *Teachers’ welfare needs improvement—ADAMOLEKUN By Adesina Wahab, Education Editor AS Nigeria grapples with mass migration of medical personnel to Europe and North America, the same may soon be witnessed in the education sector as the United Kingdom begins employment of qualified Nigerian teachers […]

<strong>Pension payment now seamless, corruption-free — PTAD</strong>

Pension payment now seamless, corruption-free — PTAD

Says it spent N610bn on pensioners’ benefits By Emmanuel Una Corruption and other unethical practices causing tales of woe especially omission of names on payroll, falsification of records, delayed payments, improper storage of records and manual imputation of records  among others, until recently, characterized public pension scheme in Nigeria especially the Defined Pension Scheme. The establishment […]

The UN biodiversity summit and us

The UN biodiversity summit and us

THE 15th session of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP15, which began December 7 and ends today December 19, 2022, in Montreal, Canada, is a continuation of the quest by the caring world to halt the ongoing rapid loss of earth’s diverse plant and animal life, called biodiversity – the sum of all living things […]

Challenges of undergraduate internship for Nigerian Law students

Challenges of undergraduate internship for Nigerian Law students

By Oluwaseun Ojo Challenges My first experience as a legal intern was in Kwara state, where my school is located. It was during my fourth year, and it took me till then because of certain impediments. Among others, major factors that inhibit me – just as they do other colleagues – of access to proper […]