PenCom reassures contributors of safety pension fund
By Victor Young National Pension Commission, PenCom, has reassured pension contributors and the general public of their safety of the pension fund, even as it assured all clients of the First Guarantee Pension Limited, FGPL, that the company has been returned to normality. In a statement announcing the handover of the Pension Fund Administrator, PFA […]
COVID-19: No face mask, no access, Osun Assembly warns populace
Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Sequel to the relaxation of the lockdown imposed by the Osun State Government, the State House of Assembly said no members of the public would be allowed access into the Assembly complex without using a face mask. It also made the use of face mask compulsory for workers of the House […]
Bill for National Health Emergency passes first reading in Senate
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed for first reading, the National Health Emergency Bill, 2020. The Bill was sponsored by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi, (PDP-Enugu) and Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases. Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (PDP-Enugu) shortly after the bill was read, however, raised a point of order having cited order 14 […]
Police to take campaign against cultism to e-learning platforms
The Police have concluded arrangements with a technology company to prepare and circulate anti-cultism and social vice messages to pupils/students nationwide through e-learning platforms. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, National Coordinator, Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday. Amaraizu said that POCACOV […]
ANEEJ, MANTRA partners laud repatriation of $311.7m Abacha III loot
Pledge independent monitoring of fund utilisation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and partners on the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets, MANTRA, Tuesday, lauded another repatriation of $311,797,866 of Abacha III loot to Nigeria from the United States of America and the […]
Hand hygiene critical to prevent COVID-19 — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says hand hygiene is one of the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and the COVID-19 virus. WHO made this known on Tuesday in a statement posted on its website to commemorate the Global Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated yearly on May 5. READ ALSO: Doctor who treated first […]
