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From the previous Independence Day celebration in 2024 till August 2025, pension fund assets have gained N3.97trillion, translating to a 17 per cent increase within the 10-month review period. The nation’s pension assets rose from N21.92 trillion in October 2024 to N25.895trillion in August 2025, according to onethe latest figure released by the National Pension […]

Policyholders of Leadway Assurance Company Limited who suffered insured risks between 2016 and 2024 received a cumulative claim of about N500 billion. The claims, paid over the nine years, were meant to put the claimants in the financial positions they were before disaster struck. The beneficiaries had individual or corporate policies with the insurers within […]

Newly inaugurated chairman of the National Council for the Great Green Wall, Senatus Magnus Abe, has unveiled an agenda to combat desertification, reduce poverty and promote sustainable development across Nigeria’s dryland regions. Abe made this known at the induction and familiarisation programme for new board members of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall […]

The federal government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its planned strike. It assured the union commitment to addressing all the outstanding demands. The minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa, made the plea in Abuja yesterday while briefing journalists on the progress of ongoing negotiations between the federal […]

Federal government and key stakeholders in the public sector have urged civil servants across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to embrace a culture of excellence, innovation and accountability in service delivery, stressing that effective governance depends on the quality of public service rendered to Nigerians. This charge was made yesterday in Abuja during the Bureau […]

A senior lawyer Mr Edwin Anikwenu (SAN) and 13 others from the Garki Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday stormed a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Apo, to defend human rights lawyer, Victor Giwa, over allegation of forgery. In the charge, the police accused Giwa of forging the […]

Concert For Change, a non-profit initiative, aims to raise N100 million to support deserving charities that assist vulnerable children across Nigeria. Green Worship 8.0, an initiative of Concert For Change, will hold its music event at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, on 11 October 2025. The event aims to raise funds for charities supporting orphans […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, has reaffirmed the House’s commitment to supporting bills that strengthen intelligence gathering to tackle insecurity in Nigeria. Abbas stated this at a public hearing on a bill for an act to establish private intelligence and investigation councils, which was organised by the House of Representatives […]

The 16th Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that improving girl child education and naira stability will reduce poverty. Nigeria has long faced problems of poverty, inflation, and economic uncertainty, although there has been some improvement recently, according to a BBC report. Despite […]