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In line with the provisions of the Pension Act of 2014, PenCom has released guidelines for the withdrawal of pension funds. This new development will enable Retirement Services Account (RSA) holders to make use of their pension fund balances to make acquisitions of their primary homes. In a statement made available to us by Chinelo Anohu-Amazu,…
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to head the Ministry of Petroleum for 18 months before appointing a substantive minister for the ministry. The President said this while meeting with some members of his political party, the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja recently. One of those at the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Executive Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil Africa, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, to head Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Kachiku is expected to take over from from Joseph Darwa at the NNPC headquarters in Abuja around 3:00 PM Nigerian time. Kachikwu,a trained lawyer, was born and raised in Onicha…
During his one day visit to the Republic of Benin on Saturday August 1st, President Buhari was honored with a traditional title ‘Manahouwhe’ Gbede’ meaning, “I will never forget you”. see photos below:
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari was in Cameroon yesterday where he was hosted to an elaborate state dinner. Buhari was in Cameroon to discuss with President Paul Biya on ways to tackle the growing menace of Boko Haram. Present in the dinner alongside Buhari were the governors of Cross River and Borno state, Ben Ayade and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the country after a 4-day official visit to the United States. While there, the president met with his American counterpart, Barack Obama, as well as the American chamber of commerce. Top on the president’s agenda during his visit was the issue of inserurity that has seen over 400 dead…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Mr. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, who was until his appointment an Assistant Commandant-General of the NSCDC, succeeds Dr Ade Abolurin, who has retired from service. The appointment takes immediate effect. The…
APC’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari was interviewed by Mo Abudu for Moments with Mo, the aspiring president talked about why he wants to become president of Nigeria, how he intends to rule Nigeria if elected president, how he plans to tackle insecurity, his ideas for reviving the economy to mention a few. Watch the interview above and don’t…
In an article titled ”Nigeria’s Miserable Choices” The New York Times has decided to put in its two cents on the postponement of elections in Nigeria. Read excerpts from the article below; ”Any argument to delay the vote might be more credible if President Goodluck Jonathan’s government had not spent much of the past…
Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has dismissed reports in some sections of the media claiming that he has endorsed the candidature of All Progressives Congress’s General Muhammad Buhari. He said this while speaking in the United Kingdom during the launch of ‘My Watch’, he was quoted as saying the following; ”I didn’t endorse or…
I need to preface this article with a few clarifications. I have taken a long sabbatical leave from partisan politics, and it is real fun watching the drama from the balcony. Having had my own share of public service (I do not need a job from government), I now devote my time and energy in…