By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has felicitated with Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala on her 28th birthday. The NFF celebrated the Barcelona Femeni star on the social media on Sunday. “Happy birthday to 5 time Africa Women Player of the year, @AsisatOshoala. We wish you all the best today and always ,”reads the tweet on the Nigeria Football Federation Twitter handle. Oshoala is Africa’s most decorated women’s footballer. The striker has won Africa Women’s Cup of Nations thrice with Nigeria. She has also won league titles in Nigeria, China and Spain. Oshoala is also the only African…
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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) has commended the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) for the recent release of the guidelines that bring into effect the use of a portion of one’s Retirement Savings Account (RSA) as equity contribution for obtaining residential mortgages. The provision has been part of the amendments that occurred when the Pension Reform act was amended in 2014 PenOp’s commendation was contained in a statement signed by its President, Oguche Agudah in Lagos. PenCom recently approved 25 percent for Retirement Savings Account (RSA) holders who are in active employment to pay…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to people displaced by flood in nine local government areas of Kogi. Mr Justin Uwazuruonye, Head of Abuja Operations of NEMA, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. According to him, the food and non-food items distributed include rice, beans, maize, salt, vegetable oil, tomatoes, mats, mosquito nets, toilet soaps and clothes. “This urgent intervention of the Federal Government through NEMA, led by Mr Mustapha Ahmed, is to cushion the impact of the ravaging flood that has displaced thousands of persons this year. “So far, we have distributed these items…
The European Union-Agents for Citizen-Driven Transformation Programme (EU-ACT) is spending over N4.2 billion (10 million Euros) in improving the livelihood of Nigerians at the grassroots, especially the physicaly challenged. The EU-ACT Focal Person in Rivers, Mr Temple Oraeki, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt. Oraeki spoke on the sideline of the EU-ACT meeting with Civil the Society Organisations (CSOs) involved in executing the programme targeted at the physically challenged persons in the state. He explained that the 4-year programme which commenced in 2019 was instituting a system through the involvement of CSOs…
Niger State Elders Forum of the Federal University of Technology(FUT), Minna has commended appointment of Prof. Faruk Kuta as Vice-Chancellor-Designate of the university. Prof. Job Nmadu, Chairman Steering Committee of the forum, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that Kuta was the right person for the job in view of his track records. He said the forum had no doubt that kuta would bring his wealth of experience to bare in moving the institution forward. Nmadu said the executive members of the forum recently paid him a courtesy call to express their readiness to work with…
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, says the 37 smart schools the Federal Government is building are consistent with world standards and global best practices in smart education. The Head, Public Relations, UBEC, Mr David Apeh said this in a statement released in Abuja on Sunday, adding that the schools are located in different states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Apeh said that the executive secretary made the assertion at the end of a study tour which he led to South Korea. According to him the tour comprised some SUBEB chairmen and top officials…
Showmax, an online streaming platform, says that its subscribers will have access to the live broadcast of 2022 Felabration from Oct. 10 to Oct. 16. Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels, Multichoice Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. “The Felabration 2022 Live stream will be available to all Showmax subscribers across Sub-saharan Africa, visit www.showmax.com to watch,” she said. The annual Felabration Festival created to celebrate the late afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, kicked off on Sept. 29. The festival consists of musical concerts, Senior Secondary Schools debate, symposium, arts and afrobics dance competition, documentaries, felamantrics, dress…
Former EFCC Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu has described his exit from the anti-corruption agency as corruption fighting back. Magu made the assertion on Sunday in Abuja at an award ceremony organised in his honour by Northern Female Students Association. “I am a victim of corruption fighting back; but I am happy that recent events are revealing the truth to Nigerians,’’ he said. Magu who was represented by his son, Mr Mohammad-Saeed Ibrahim-Magu thanked the association for conferring on him the award of “Achiever per Excellence’’ and said that he was happy to receive the award. Ms Aisha Nasir, spokesperson…
The Nigerian Faith-Based Community Organization based in the United States has urged Christian leaders and clerics especially under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to stand firm in their stance against same faith ticket in the 2023 presidential election. Speaking from New Jersey on behalf of the Nigerian Faith-Based Community Organization, Bishop Samuel Ayeni, the President of the NFBCO noted that Nigeria is a country where religious pluralism is practiced. Bishop Ayeni explained that any individual or group that is unwilling to support religious inclusion in Nigeria should actually be rejected…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered fifteen parcels of cannabis and 600 grams of tramadol concealed in a sack of crayfish for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the attempt which was equally thwarted by operatives who seized the consignment, subsequently arrested a freight agent, Osahor Ekwueme, who presented it for export. In the same vein, Babafemi said that the agency had also arrested a drug trafficker, Ifeanyi Egbuwaohia at Igando area of Lagos State.…