The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has reiterated that the focus of the apex bank is to stabilise the macroeconomic sector. A statement from CBN’s Corporate Communications Department, says that Emefiele said this while…
Nigeria spent a sum of N2.05 trillion to service its domestic debts in the year 2021, representing an increase of 10.8per cent compared to the N1.85 trillion incurred in the previous year This is according to the report on Nigeria’s…
The Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) Project, has developed action plan on Gender Based Violence (GBV) to mitigate against rape of women and girls. Dr Sallim Salaam, the Project Coordinator of MinDiver made this known during a roadshow and…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has called on banks to establish a service level agreement with other service providers to reduce financial technology-related challenges faced by customers. Mr. Babatunde Irukera, FCCPC Executive Vice Chairman, who made the…
The Secretary-General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Barrister Musa-Lawal Ozigi, has been confirmed to be among the passengers killed when terrorists bombed an Abuja-Kaduna train and abducted scores of passengers on Monday evening. The Secretary-General of the…
… Orders troops to intensity search and rescue operations, hunt down terrorists The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, today, visited the scene of Kaduna-Abuja train attack. The COAS who was accompanied by some principal staff officers…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 41-year-old man, Emmanuel Eguazor, to 15 years imprisonment for being in possession of 300g of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) and 8.5g of cocaine. The convict had been arraigned by National…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), says it has frozen no fewer than 30 bank accounts operated by illegal loan organisations. Mr. Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, said this at a media engagement in…
The Benue Police Command on Tuesday arraigned one Ordye Orpin, 55, for alleged rape of a 14-year-old before a Makurdi Upper Area Court 2b. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Rachael Mchiave told the court that the case was received at State…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, have congratulated Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State, on his 70th birthday. Osinbajo, in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday in Abuja, prayed that God would grant Tinubu strength,…
