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PenCom recovers N32.27bn from pension defaulting employers

The National Pension Commission has announced that it has recovered a cumulative total of ₦32.27 billion from defaulting employers between June 2012 and September 2025. This significant recovery is a result of the Commission intensifying its nationwide enforcement campaign aimed at curbing persistent breaches of the Pension Reform Act 2014. Omolola Oloworaran, the Director General […]

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Pension allocation to infrastructure declines amid $100bn gap

The infrastructure sector in Nigeria faces a substantial funding shortfall, estimated at $100 billion. Against this challenging backdrop, the portion of pension funds allocated to the sector experienced a slight decline, falling by 0.92 per cent to N218.9 billion in October of this year. However, according to Vanguard, findings from the latest pension funds industry […]

Equity investors lose N1.5tn as bond yield rises
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High interest rates drive pension fund investments to N2.4trn

Investments in fixed income securities by Pension Fund Administrators saw a notable increase, rising by 17.7% Year-on-Year over the eight months ending in August 2025. This surge pushed the total investment value to N2.405 trillion from the N2.043 trillion recorded during the corresponding period in 2024. This significant growth was disclosed in the latest pension […]

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Nigerian pension funds set record, invest N550bn in stocks

Pension fund managers in the first three months of 2024, purchased Nigerian stocks worth N550 billion, taking it to a record N2.32 trillion as of the end of March. These figures show a significant 31 per cent increase in equity investments to N2.32 trillion as of March 2024 compared to N1.77 trillion in December 2023, […]