Author: Alex Enemanna
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AMRI Hails PenCom Leadership Over Recovery Of 2.55bn Unremitted Pensions, Says Achievement A Visible Milestone, Result Of Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
A Media advocacy group for good governance in Africa, Africa Media Roundtable Initiative has commended the National Pension Commission, under the focused and visionary leadership of Aisha Dahiru-Umar for what it described as outstandingly professionalism and the unprecedented transparency and accountability she has entrenched in the management and administration of the Pension industry in Nigeria.…
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Group Kicks as Police Seek Exit From Contributory Pension Scheme, Says Demand Will Undermine PenCom Gains
Following the demand by the Nigeria Police Force to dump the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS for an independent pension management body, a media advocacy group for good governance in Africa, The African Media Roundtable Initiative, AMRI has said such move is unnecessary and would reverse the gains made by National Pension Commission, PenCom over the…
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Northern Group Reverses Self On Call For NNPC Management Sack Over Adulterated Fuel
A group, the Concerned Northern Forum, has rescinded its earlier call for the sack of the management of the NNPC over the adulterated fuel that was imported into Nigeria. Mallam Ibrahim Bature, Chairman Concerned Northern Forum and Abdulsalam Kazeem, spokesperson of the forum, in a statement in Kaduna, said “it has become inevitable to put…
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Police Sergeant Dies In Ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel’s Home
A police sergeant, Adegoke Ogunsola, has died in the private home of former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident on Tuesday. He stated that Ogunsola was attached to Daniel’s house, also known as Asoludero Court, in Sagamu town in Sagamu Local Government Area of…
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Lai Mohammed Reveals Why FG Can’t Engage In Dialogue With Bandits
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government will not be involved in any dialogue with bandits. The Minister disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday. The minister said due to the complexity of the issue, state governments should be allowed to decide on whether they would…
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Gunmen Attack Enugu Commissioner, Kill Two Security Aides
Two police orderlies of the Enugu State Commissioner for Lands, Chidi Aroh, were, Sunday, killed as gunmen attacked the commissioner in Anambra State. A source said the two officers, Inspector David Adabu and one Inspector Solomon, lost their lives as they were allegedly ambushed by the gunmen in Anambra State while returning from a visit…
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FG Set Set To Launch Campaign Against Money Ritual
The Federal Government is set to launch a national sensitization campaign against the growing scourge of money rituals, which has already claimed many lives, especially those of women and girls, in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this in Abuja on Monday when he paid a working visit to the…
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DSS Bans Visits To Nnamdi Kanu By His Lawyers
Operatives of the Department of State Services on Monday, barred lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from meeting him in custody. Special counsel for the embattled IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday. According to him, the secret police…
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EFCC To Arraign Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere, Others Tuesday Over Alleged N2.9m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Tuesday, arraign a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in a N2.9billion fraud. He will be docked alongside a chieftain of the All Progressive, APC, Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, and five companies- Naphtali International Limited,…
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Nigerians Have Rejected APC, Says Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says Nigerians have rejected the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and are ready to kick the party out of office. Wike stated this on Saturday in Calabar where he attended the inauguration of the Cross River State PDP campaign team for elections into legislative seats in the Akpabuyo State constituency…