PTAD pays 9 months pension increments arrears to DBS pensioners

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate  (PTAD) has paid an additional nine months of consequential adjustment arrears occasioned by the new minimum wage increase of 2019 to the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) pensioners. Mr Gbenga Ajayi, the PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, stated this in a statement issued on behalf of Dr Chioma Ejikeme, the Executive…

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COVID-19: Nigeria records 1 death, 143 new cases on Monday

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 143 new COVID-19 cases, with one death. In its official website handle on Tuesday morning, NCDC said the total infections from the virus had risen to 169,678 as at July 19. The News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicated a decrease from the 203…

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BREAKING: Yoruba leaders rally support for Igboho, lawyers battle to stop extradition

Yoruba leaders, including monarchs, have rallied support for Yoruba rights activists, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who has been arrested in Benin Republic. Some of the leaders, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday morning, said meetings are holding on the matter. The source also told our correspondent that lawyers…

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Cybersecurity: CBN partners stakeholders to launch ‘NoGoFallMaga’ campaign

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has partnered with some cyber security stakeholders to launch a new cyber awareness campaign tagged ‘# NoGoFallMaga’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative was launched in collaboration with Committee of Chief Information Security Officers of the Nigeria Financial Industry (CCISONFI) and Cybersafe Foundation (CSF). Mr…

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Eid-el-Kabir: NTDC urges Nigerians to visit tourism establishment

he Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has called on Nigerians to use the period of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration to experience the hospitality and tourism establishments in the country. The Director-General of NTDC, Mr Folorunsho Coker, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Coker said as Muslim faithfuls…

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