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Buhari sacks NIPC boss, Umar
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Saratu Umar because the Govt Secretary and Chief Govt Officer of the Nigeria Funding Promotion Fee, with speedy impact.
Niyi Adebayo, the Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Funding, stated that the directive, which got here on Thursday, additionally mandated essentially the most senior director within the Fee to instantly take over within the interim.
Femi Adesina, the Particular Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a press release he signed on Thursday titled “President Buhari terminates appointment of Saratu Umar as NIPC boss.”
The directive brings Umar’s eight-month keep to an finish. The rationale for his disengagement was not given.
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Invite policyholders with excellent claims for settlement, NAICOM direct insurers
Ben Ujoatuonu, a member of a Sub-committee on Publicity of the Insurers Committee, stated at a information convention on the result of the 14th Insurers Committee assembly held on Thursday in Lagos, that the Nationwide Insurance coverage Fee (NAICOM) has directed the Chief Govt Officers (CEOs) of insurance coverage corporations to ask policyholders with excellent claims with their corporations, by means of commercial placement, to return ahead and current their claims for settlement.
The Insurers Committee is a physique consisting of NAICOM and the CEOs of all corporations underwriting insurance coverage in Nigeria and operates underneath a mandate to activate the trade’s change agenda and strategically reposition the trade.
Ujoatuonu, additionally Managing Director of Common Insurance coverage Plc, stated that the regulator was optimistic that the implementation of the directive would increase the boldness of the general public within the insurance coverage market.
“One of many crucial points mentioned on the assembly is the difficulty of claims. NAICOM has directed underwriters to promote for folks to return ahead to current their unpaid claims in order that they are often paid,” he stated.
NNPP disowns Gov. AbdulRazaq’s new appointees
The New Nigeria Individuals’s Get together (NNPP) says the three newly appointed particular aides by Gov. AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq of Kwara should not its members.
The state chairman of the get together, Malam AbdulSalam AbdulRazaq, made this identified in a press release made obtainable to newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) recollects that AbdulRazaq lately appointed 4 members of the NNPP as his particular advisers as redemption of his inclusive governance.
However the get together chairman asserted that the appointees weren’t identified to the NNPP within the state. (NAN)
Naira misplaced 10% worth in 2022, says World Financial institution
The Nigerian forex, the naira, misplaced 10.2 % of its worth in 2022, based on the World Financial institution.
The World Financial institution, in its newest Africa’s Pulse report for April 2023, attributed this loss to the rising meals and gasoline costs that drove up inflation within the nation in 2022.
It defined that the worst-performing forex within the Sub-Saharan African area was the Ghanaian cedi in 2022, which misplaced 40 % of its worth within the 12 months.
Talking on the naira, the financial institution stated, “Different currencies with vital losses final 12 months embrace these of Sudan (23.6 %), Malawi (20.7 %), The Gambia (14.6 %), and Nigeria (10.2 %).”
Senators search probes into report on undisclosed luxurious journeys by Supreme Court docket’s Thomas
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas has for many years accepted luxurious journeys from a Dallas businessman with out publicly disclosing them regardless of a federal regulation requiring disclosure of most items, a media report stated on Thursday, prompting Senate Democrats to name for an investigation.
The report by ProPublica discovered that Thomas has repeatedly vacationed with actual property magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow, together with on his personal jet and superyacht in america and across the globe.
The information outlet stated the frequency of the items has “no identified precedent within the fashionable historical past of the U.S. Supreme Court docket.”
Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The report raises new questions over potential conflicts of curiosity involving the justices and the court docket, which has endured escalating criticism for its lack of a proper ethics code.
Crow instructed ProPublica in a press release that he and his spouse have been buddies with Thomas and his spouse since 1996 and have “by no means sought to affect Justice Thomas on any authorized or political concern.” (Reuters)
