November 4, 2019

Bayelsa Guber Poll: APC Recruiting Bandits To Rig Election

November 4, 2019 3:43 am

Ahead of Bayelsa State governorship election scheduled for November 16, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths have alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was recruiting herdsmen to cause mayhem and rig the election in its favour.

Expressing concern over this development, the PDP youths under the aegis of PDP South-south Youth Vanguard accused APC of not supporting the Ijaw struggle, but advised the party to desist from any form of violence during the election.

The youths, in a statement by their National Chairman, James Efe Akpofure, alleged that the only interest of APC was the oil in Bayelsa State, …

UBA Restates Commitment To AfCFTA

November 4, 2019 3:42 am

The United Bank of Africa (UBA) has affirmed its commitments to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), just as it pledged to deepen its support for micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the continent.

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO), UBA Africa, Mr. Victor Osadolor, stated this at the opening ceremony of the 33^rd Lagos International Trade Fair, with the theme: ‘Connecting Business, Connecting Values,’ at held in Lagos at the weekend.

He stressed that the would remain a role model for African businesses by creating superior value for all its stakeholders, adding that, “we have over the …

Dickson Moves To End Feud With Jonathan

November 4, 2019 3:42 am

* Says he visited ex-president 15 times before the primaries

The Senator Bukola Saraki National Reconciliation Committee may have recorded a breakthrough with its recent shuttles to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, with the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, indicating yesterday that he would formally present the candidate of the party, Douye Diri, and his running mate, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor, to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Dickson stated that it was a mark of respect for the former president, noting that the visit would take place at the earliest convenience of the former Nigerian …

PenOp: Pension Transfer Window Takes Off June 2020

November 4, 2019 3:40 am

The umbrella body of Pension fund administrators, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), has revealed that the long -awaited pension transfer window will commence in June, 2020.

PenOp, however, said the exercise would depend on the ability of both the pension fund administrators (PFAs) and the regulator, the National Pension Commission(PenCom), to fine-tune issues relating to total cleaning of contributors’ data which had constituted delay to the take-off of the transfer window over the years.

Disclosing this at a one-day seminar organised by PenOp for the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO), in Lagos, at the weekend, …

DHQ: Operation Positive ID Will Track Fleeing Terrorists

November 4, 2019 3:39 am

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) at the weekend rallied support from the public for the controversial Operation Positive Identification, saying it was launched to track fleeing terrorists and not to violate human rights of Nigerians.

Besides, it is optimistic of a quicker end to the insurgency in the North-east following the acquisition of helicopter gunships, which will give it a monopoly of aerial power over the insurgents and change the tide in favour of the military.

It also described the killing of the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, by US Special Forces …