President Bola Tinubu on Monday removed the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera, and the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) from officer with immediate effect. The Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale, stated that the removal of the […]
The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Halilu, has stressed that investing in human capital development and staff motivation remain the best ways of repositioning the agency into a power-house of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in the global space. The agency’s boss made this […]
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools of Nigeria (ASUSS) Ogun State chapter have commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for the Christmas bonus paid to public servants in the state. The two unions, in separate letters of appreciation, signed by the state’s TUC Chairman, Akeem Lasisi, and Comrades Felix Oluwaseun […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday reported that Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the second quarter of 2023, representing a marginal increase of 0.1% over the 4.1% rate recorded in the preceding quarter. The Bureau, in the latest ‘Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) Q2 2023 report showed that the labour force […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has charged the first set of graduates from its Public Finance Management Academy for Africa (PFMA) to serve as standard-bearers for accountability in public finance system across Africa. The Bank’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Prof. Kevin Urama, who gave the charge in Abuja during the graduation ceremony for 51 […]
In furtherance of its sustained efforts towards improving the efficiency of the nation’s financial system and ensure that depositors’ interests are protected at all times, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has reiterated its commitment to supporting the efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for sustainable growth of the economy. The corporation’s Managing […]
President Bola Tinubu has replaced five Managing Directors and Directors-General of parastatals in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The President also suspended the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, to enable him face an “unfettered investigation” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The changes in the leadership positions […]
The Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (CIoD), a corporate governance Institute and a leading promoter of ethical professional standards in Nigeria, has kicked off the 2023 edition of its Leadership Bootcamp Programme for Directors in Barcelona, Spain. The programme, which attracted directors diverse sectors of the economy, was declared open by the Institute’s Director of Academy, Mr. […]
TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest banking services provider, has again set a record with Bbb+ rating by the foremost rating agency – Agusto & Co -, thereby making the fast-growing non-interest lender the best rated in the nation’s Non-Interest Banking (NIB) space. The latest rating, which is a notch up from the Bank’s previous rating, […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Pension Funds Operators’ Association of Nigeria, Mr. Oguche Agudah, disclosed Friday that the National Pension Commission (PenCom) recovered N24.8 billion of funds unremitted by employers in the third quarter of 2023. Agudah, who spoke at a media parley with the theme “At the dawn of 20 years of pension […]