By Taiye Olayemi Pension consultants have canvassed deepening Nigeria’s capital market through the creation of more investable instruments to sustain the growth of pension assets beyond the current N31.48 trillion. The experts said a broader and more liquid capital market would provide Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) with wider investment opportunities,Continue Reading

By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus A Nigerian doctoral researcher at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), Ifeanyi Anyanwu, has led environmental investigations into drinking water quality in underserved coastal communities in South Texas. According to the research report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, it focused on unincorporatedContinue Reading

By Taiye Olayemi National Pension Commission (PenCom) has granted regulatory forbearance to Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to invest pension fund assets in the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE. The approval is contained in a circular issued by the commission and addressed to allContinue Reading

By Taiye Olayemi Pension experts have called on the Federal Government to establish a gratuity stabilisation fund to ensure the sustainability of the newly approved gratuity for federal civil servants under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). They made the call in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue Reading