Mr Eric Fajeminsi, Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Ltd., says the multi-fund investment structure for workers will protect and improve the investment performance of Nigeria’s N7.8 trillion pension assets. In a statement on Sunday in Lagos, Fajeminsi noted that the new structure superseded the previous “one-size-fits-all” investment structure.Continue Reading
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged political parties to promote transparency, fairness and internal democracy in their congresses and primary elections. Chairman of the council in Yobe, Alhaji Umaru Kukuri, made the call on Sunday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. Kukuri, who isContinue Reading
Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadri, the Director-General, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has appealed to the Federal Government to relax the tough conditions attached to disbursement of the Textile Intervention Fund. Ajayi Kadri made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. He saidContinue Reading
The Cross River Government on Sunday said it is targeting no fewer than 808, 470 children across the state for the Second Round of the 2018 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDS). Dr. Betta Edu, Director General, Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency, made the disclosure in Calabar during the flag-off Continue Reading
France to peg legal age for sexual consent at 15 France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, so that an adult who has sex with someone younger than that will be charged with rape. Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move with advice from doctorsContinue Reading
Lionel Messi: Russia may have ended his international duties for Argentina Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi saw their World Cup dreams snuffed out on Saturday as French teenager Kylian Mbappe flew the flag for a new generation in Russia. Ten goals were scored on a gripping first day of theContinue Reading
France outlaws super thin models Super-thin models and secretly airbrushed photoshoots will soon be a thing of the past in fashion hub France, as authorities passed measures to protect young people from the dangers of anorexia. A new law entered into force on Saturday which compels all models operating inContinue Reading
Redoine Faid: escapes prison by helicopter Interpol is on the manhunt for a notorious career thief, Redoine Faid, after he pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison in the Paris area by helicopter. Faid, 46, was once France’s most wanted criminal. He broke out of the prisonContinue Reading
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Saturday directed all commercial banks to resolve disputes arising from use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel within three days. Mr Dipo Fatokun, CBN’s Director, Banking and Payment Systems Department, gave the directive at the ‘Meet The Executive’ forum organised by FinanceContinue Reading
