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•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 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 …

President Bola Tinubu The People’s Democratic Party has rubbished the speech delivered to the nation by President Bola Tinubu on Monday evening. According to PDP, the speech by President Tinubu dashed the hope of Nigerians and “especially his now disillusioned supporters.” The opposition party opined that Tinubu’s speech was a …

The self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, has rejected the letter written to him by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Ekpa in whose directive South East sits at home every Monday, described the letter read publicly by Kanu’s lawyer Aloy Ejimakor as fake, …

Governor Hope Uzodimma Governor Hope Uzodimma has once again offered to grant Amnesty to bandits who will give up their alms and turn a new leaf. Speaking at the meeting with traditional and community leaders held at Eze Imo Palace, Governor Uzodimma advocated for peace and stability in the State …

President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic ….Urges Tinubu to focus on Nigeria’s security challenge International rights activist, Alhaji Musa Saidu has condemned the coup in Niger Republic , saying there is no alternative to democratic government which guarantees the rights and freedom of the people. Saidu who is President International …

U.S. VP Kamala Harris, Guterres phone President Tinubu. In separate telephone conversations with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday evening in Abuja, United States Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations’ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed strong support for Nigeria’s efforts toward the restoration of constitutional order in the Republic of Niger. …