Senate President, Godswill Akpabio The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, on Wednesday prevented the president’s media aide, Dele Alake from reciting the second stanza of the National Anthem. Alake was asked by the Minority leader, Senator Simon Mwadkwom, to recite the second stanza of the National anthem after taking the nominee …

•Withdrawals rise by 240.1% There are indications that economic hardship is forcing employees to eat deep into their pension savings held in Retirement Savings Account, RSAs. Vanguard findings show that RSA account holders under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, withdrew N3.02 billion from their Additional Voluntary Contribution, ADV, in the …

•As Osinbajo sends apologies ahead of caucus meeting A wave of apprehension, yesterday, enveloped the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, following concerns about the possible dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, at today’s meeting of its National Executive Committee NEC. As the NWC led by …

•As Igbo youths urge Senate to act on Ekpa Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, rued the impact of sit-at-home in the South East, saying that over 250 people have been killed through the enforcement of the order since August 2021. President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, …

By Anayo Okoli, Innocent Anaba, Victor Ahiuma-Young, Henry Ojelu, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Gift Chapi-Odekinah President Bola Tinubu yesterday met with the leadership of the two labour centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with a firm commitment to accede to …

Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku Members of the Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday drilled the Federal Controller of Works in the state, Mr Babatunde Hassan, over the deplorable state of all federal roads in the state. The lawmakers expressed displeasure over the abandonment of construction works …

We ‘ll clear Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber poll- PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is confident of winning the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Bayelsa. Umar Damagum, acting National Chairman, PDP, stated this in Abuja at the inauguration of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election …

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has introduced its newly upgraded Enterprise Online 2.0 platform specifically designed to cater to the needs of businesses. The enhanced platform aims to provide business clients with an effortless and enhanced online banking experience. The enhanced platform has undergone …

By Mohammed Usman One of the major highlights of the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been the suspension of the payment of subsidy for premium motor spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol. Though there have been so many reforms introduced into the system since inauguration on May 29, …

Naira and Dollar The Naira on Monday appreciated against the dollar, exchanging at N756.94 at the Investors and Exporters window. The local currency gained 2.43 per cent when compared with N775.76 which it exchanged for the dollar at the close of business on July 28. The open indicative rate closed …