NIA Mourns NAF Aircraft Tragedy, Pledges Prompt Claims Settlement
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI NIA Chair, Ebele Nwachukwu The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), the umbrella body for all Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Nigeria, expresses its deep sorrow following the tragic…
Modestus, Okonta Win 2026 Outstanding Pension Journalists Awards
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Two distinguished pension editors, Modestus Anaesoronye of BusinessDay Newspaper and Chuks Udo Okonta of Inspenonline, yesterday, won the 2026 Outstanding Pension Journalists Awards. The 2026 Media Excellence…
Pension Reform Shifts From Promise To Delivery — PenCom DG
Nigeria’s pension reform is gradually shifting from a system characterised by delayed benefits and outstanding obligations to one focused on delivering retirement benefits to those who have earned them,…
Insurance recapitalisation: From stronger Capital To Stronger Industry
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Nigeria’s insurance industry has emerged from its latest recapitalisation exercise with a substantially stronger capital base, but the real test of the reform is now shifting from…
Pension Benefits Now Approved Within 48 Hours — PenCom DG
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI PenCom DG The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Ms Omolola Oloworaran, has said pension administration in Nigeria has undergone significant transformation, with retirement benefits that…
NSITF Pensioners Get 1,173% Increase After 21 Years … PenCom
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Ms. Omolola Oloworaran, has disclosed that pensions of 2,116 retirees of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) were increased…
All Is Set for GOCOP 10th Annual Conference in Lagos
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced that all arrangements have been concluded for its 10th Annual Conference scheduled to hold on Thursday, October 8,…
Eight defected lawmakers were suspended long ago for gross misconduct — Zamfara Speaker
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki has clarified that the eight lawmakers who recently announced their defection from the…
Pension Assets Surge N1.1tri In Two Months To N31.8tri
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Nigeria’s pension industry recorded a strong recovery between May and August 2026, with total pension fund assets rising by about N480 billion to trillion, according to the…
PenCom Moves Online Verification Deadline to December
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI DG, PenCom The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has extended the deadline for the ongoing mandatory One-Time Online Verification and Enrolment Exercise for employees of treasury-funded Ministries, Departments…
Temi Nkem Wins BBNaija Season 11, Takes Home ₦160m Prize
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Temi Nkem has emerged winner of the 11th season of the popular Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality television show, taking home a prize package worth ₦160…
Anthony Kila Debunks ‘Fake Professor’ Claim, Heads To Court
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Professor Anthony Kila has rejected reports describing him as a “fake professor”, saying the characterisation was inaccurate, misleading and damaging to his reputation and professional standing. Kila,…
AfCRA Set for Mauritius Launch as Africa Moves to Strengthen Credit Rating Landscape — DataPro
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Africa’s credit-rating landscape is set for a major transformation as the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) prepares for its official launch in Port Louis, Mauritius, on October…
Budget Minister to Headline 6th DataPro International Rating Webinar
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, CFA, Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, will be delivering a key note address titled “Achieving Investment-Grade Rating by 2030: The Roadmap…
NANS Backs Insurance Recapitalisation, Condemns Attempts to Derail Reforms
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the umbrella body representing over Million Nigerian Students across universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, has advocated support of the…
How Nigeria declined into criminality, poor governance in 66 years
“What does corrupting time not diminish? Our grandparents brought forth feebler heirs; we are further degenerate; and soon will beget progeny more wicked.” Homer, 65-8 BC In 1960, nobody being…
Chima Charges Financial Journalists To Deepen Reporting Of Nigeria’s Financial System
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Editor of THISDAY Saturday, Obinna Chima, has charged financial journalists to go beyond reporting figures, official statements and policy announcements by providing deeper analysis that helps…
Decoupling Sovereignty Index (2): The Wardrobe of Survival in a Decoupled Zone
By Max Amuchie | The Sunday Stew In The Sunday Stew of 7 June 2026 I unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI) and introduced the three vectors, Money, Land and…
Energy zones and what it means for Nigeria’s power sector
By Mathew Ibiyemi Nothing screams progressive reform quite like telling a citizen that his/her light might be unstable so that a manufacturer can chill her executive water bottles at sub-zero…
Max Amuchie to Present ‘The Sundiata Post Model: Building the African Newsroom for the Long Term’ at GOCOP 10th Annual Conference
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Amuchie Media CEO, scholar-journalist and theorist Max Nwabueze Amuchie, will on Wednesday, October 7, present “The Sundiata Post Model: Building the African Newsroom for the Long Term”…
