Category: News
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PENCOM UNLOCKS N758B PENSION BOND, PENSION ASSETS HIT N27T MILESTONE
PenCom boss Omolola Oloworaran just unveiled a game-changing one-year scorecard at Abuja’s Pension Revolution Summit: the FG’s N758 billion bond—greenlit by President Tinubu in February—is now cashing out over N600 billion to wipe pension arrears, skyrocketing industry assets to N27 trillion via bold Pension Revolution 2.0 reforms that rebuilt trust and coverage. She’s turbocharged the…
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TRANSPORT CONCESSIONS INEVITABLE, SAYS MINISTER—BUT LABOUR MUST WIN TOO
Nigeria’s Transport Minister Said Alkali dropped a reality check Tuesday: concessioning across roads, rails, ports and skies is coming fast via public-private handshakes, but success hinges on affordable rides, investor trust, worker shields and zero industrial drama—not just fat profits or shiny infra. At the ITF National Coordinating Committee’s Abuja symposium themed “Nigeria Transport Sectors…
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NADDC SETS AUGUST 2026 DEADLINE FOR STRICT NEW VEHICLE STANDARDS
Nigeria’s auto watchdog NADDC is cranking up the heat on road safety, rolling out SON/NADDC Vehicle Capacity standards for all new cars hitting our shores by August or September 2026—while plotting to certify used imports too, ditching the old anomaly where tokunbo rides skip the checks new ones face. DG Joseph Osanipin spilled the beans…
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PRESIDENCY TO HONOUR RETIRING STAFF YEARLY, ENDS ‘SILENT EXIT’ ERA
The State House is changing the script for civil servants’ retirement, as Permanent Secretary Temitope Fashedemi says the Presidency will now hold annual honours for outgoing staff so they no longer “end their careers in silence” after decades of quiet service. Speaking at a reception for retirees in Aso Rock, he said the new tradition…
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DEMBELE & BONMATI CROWNED FIFA’S BEST IN DOHA GLAMOUR NIGHT
The world’s football elite lit up Doha Tuesday as FIFA’s 2025 Best Awards handed top gongs to PSG’s Ousmane Dembele as Men’s Player supreme and Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati nabbing her third straight Women’s Player crown—while England’s Lionesses swept coach Sarina Wiegman and keeper Hannah Hampton, and PSG boss Luis Enrique grabbed Men’s Coach honors. Argentina’s…
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COAS SHAIBU HOSTS CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON FOR WOUNDED HEROES AT KADUNA HOSPITAL
Army Chief Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu rolled out a heartfelt Christmas bash Tuesday at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Kaduna for sick and wounded-in-action soldiers, celebrating their grit and the medics nursing them back—via rep Brig.-Gen. Timothy Opurum—under his “Soldier First” mantra that puts troops’ welfare front and center. Shaibu hailed these bravehearts as Nigeria’s unbreakable…
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EGYPT’S PHARAOHS PIP NIGERIA’S SUPER EAGLES 2-1 IN AFCON WARM-UP
Nigeria’s Super Eagles fell 2-1 to Egypt’s Pharaohs in a tense Cairo Stadium friendly Tuesday—their last test before the 35th AFCON kicks off Sunday in Morocco—debuting coach Eric Chelle’s 3-5-2 that owned early ball but leaked a slick counter goal midway first half. Eagles fought back compactly, nabbing a stoppage-time equalizer via Zaidu Sanusi’s pinpoint…
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MICROSOFT’S FG PARTNERSHIP SKILLS UP 4M NIGERIANS IN DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Microsoft dropped a bombshell Tuesday: its team-up with Nigeria’s Federal Government has digitally empowered over four million folks since 2021, with 350K diving into student programs—63K finishing pathways, 43K snagging global certs—and now gearing up another 350K for AI mastery via the National Skills Initiative (AINSI) alongside Data Science Nigeria and Lagos Business School. West…
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KWARA CUSTOMS WELCOMES NEW BOSS OGUNDEYI, VOWS TEAMWORK & OPEN BOOK OPS
Kwara Command of Nigeria Customs Service got a fresh helm Tuesday as outgoing Comptroller Faith Mathew Ojeifo passed the baton to Acting Area Controller Deputy Comptroller Najeem Akanmu Ogundeyi—celebrating past wins in revenue rakes, smuggling busts and top-tier service, now geared for even bigger leaps through unity and straight-shooter leadership. Ojeifo bowed out gracefully in…
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KADUNA CURES 30K MALNOURISHED KIDS IN 2025 NUTRITION TRIUMPH
Kaduna State smashed a massive win by curing 30,089 severely malnourished children across all 23 LGAs this year via Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) services—treating over 60K admissions despite rising national trends like stunting up to 40%, wasting to 8% and underweight hitting 27% from 2018-2024. State Nutrition Officer Ramatu Musa, via Jibril Isah,…
