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PenCom Launches Digital Portal for Federal Retirees

03.03.2026

The National Pension Commission has officially launched a comprehensive digital overhaul of the retirement process for federal employees in a major move to modernise Nigeria’s pension landscape. This was disclosed in the Guidelines for Verification and Enrolment of Prospective Retirees of Federal Government Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies issued by the regulator. Also, PenCom has...

Nigeria’s insurance sector growth outpaces banking at 21.4%

03.03.2026

Nigeria’s insurance sub-sector emerged as the primary growth engine of the financial services sector in the final quarter of 2025, recording a massive surge to 21.37 per cent. According to the latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics, the insurance sub-sector recorded a real growth rate of 21.37 per cent in Q4 2025. This...

Gov Sani Hosts Kaduna Exco To Iftar

03.03.2026

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani on Sunday, March 1st, 2026, hosted members of the Kaduna State Executive Council to an Iftar at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. The governor disclosed this in a social media post on Monday. According to him, the Iftar provided an opportunity to reflect on shared responsibilities and to recommit to...

PDP Rep Members Defect To Accord

03.03.2026

…As PDP endorses Adeleke for second-term Six members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State on Monday announced their decision to join the Accord Party in solidarity with Governor Ademola Adeleke’s second-term bid. The development follows the recent defection of three of the state’s...

OpenAI and Amazon announce $50bn AI partnership

03.03.2026

Amazon and OpenAI have announced a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at accelerating artificial intelligence innovation for enterprises, start-ups and consumers globally, with Amazon committing to invest $50bn in the AI company. The investment will begin with an initial $15bn injection, followed by an additional $35bn subject to certain conditions, deepening collaboration between the two companies...

Protest In Lagos As Nigerian Shiites Decry Killing Of Iran’s Supreme Leader

03.03.2026

A large group of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) took to the streets of Lagos on Monday, expressing outrage over the reported death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated military strikes by the United States and Israel. The demonstration, one of several across Nigeria, brought heightened tensions and unease...

NGX Group posts N22.9bn revenue, proposes N3 dividend

03.03.2026

The Nigerian Exchange Group Plc has reported core revenue of N22.9bn for the financial year ended 31 December 2025, about 36 per cent higher than N16.9bn in the previous year. The board of directors also proposed a total dividend of N3.00 per share, reflecting improved financial performance and strengthened shareholder returns. According to the audited...

2027: Guber Aspirant Advocates Unity Among APC Leaders In Badagry

03.03.2026

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Samuel Mawuyon Ajose, has urged the party leadership in the Badagry division to come together and embrace unity. Ajose, popularly known as SMA Gold, gave this advice during a stakeholder’s meeting involving APC leaders in all three Local Government and LCDAs in Badagry. The meeting...

CHI Boosts Insurance Awareness with Free Fuel for Motorists

03.03.2026

The insurance subsidiaries of Consolidated Hallmark Holdings, Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Limited and CHI Life Assurance Limited have held a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative that offered free fuel to motorists in Lagos as part of their efforts to deepen insurance penetration and drive retail brand visibility. According to a statement from the group on Friday, the...

Zamfara Gov’s Wife Rounds Up Distribution Of 50,000 Ramadan Packages

03.03.2026

Zamfara State First Lady, Huriyya Dauda Lawal, has successfully concluded the 2026 statewide Ramadan food package distribution tour with the offer of 50,000 food packages to vulnerable households across 14 local government areas of the state been marked as a humanitarian intervention. The statewide outreach, which culminated in a closing ceremony in Gusau, the state...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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