NAICOM issues licences to seven additional verified companies
By Rosemary Iwunze The National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, yesterday, issued new licences to the seven additional insurance companies that have been confirmed and verified as compliant with the new minimum capital requirement under the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Agenda (NIIRA 2025). According to NAICOM, the development marks another significant milestone in strengthening confidence, enhancing financial […]
I didn’t receive car gift from Pfizer — Wali
By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — Chairman, Meningitis Trust Fund, Justice Bashir Wali, has denied receiving car gift from US-based pharmaceuticals giant, Pfizer, following allegation by victims of sustained effort by the latter to frustrate paying full compensations to victims of 1996 Trovan test in Kano. The former Supreme Court Justice told journalists in Kano that […]
FG to concession airports
By Dayo Johnson AKURE—The Director General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, Dr Mansur Ahmed, weekend announced plans by the commission to concessionaire all the airports in the country to companies that would turn it around. He, however, blamed the delay in the take off of the rehabilitation of Lagos-Ibadan expressway on teething problems that […]
AC asks Edo govt to ignore Reps’ resolution on Assembly crisis
LAGOS—The Action Congress, AC, has urged the government and people of Edo State to ignore the House of Representatives’ resolution on recent political developments in the state, saying the resolution was in bad taste, grossly partisan, blatantly unfair and without due regard to the law of the House itself. In a statement issued in Lagos, […]
Communal crisis: Senator’s position worries group
ABAKALIKI—A group, Ebonyi For Peace has faulted Senator representing Ebonyi central senatorial zone, Senator Julius Ucha’s position in the protracted war between Ezza and Ezillo communities in his zone, which recently claimed seven lives including two policemen. Ucha had in response to claims by the Ebonyi state government which alleged that some unnamed Abuja-based politicians […]
Elechi faults lawmakers over Ezza, Ezillo communal crisis
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—THE government of Chief Martin Elechi has flayed the recent media briefing by Senator Julius Ucha (Ebonyi North) together with two members of the House of Representatives in Abuja, where the federal lawmakers from Ebonyi State blamed the state government for the escalation of the Ezza-Ezillo communal war. In a statement in […]
