NewsDirect

NewsDirect

As Nigerians await CBN digital currency

On February 5, 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the third time in four years, warned against cryptocurrency operation in the country’s financial space, tagging it illegal. It also ordered commercial banks to close any of such account…

Buhari appoints Waziri-azi as DG NAPTIP

President Muham madu Buhari has approved the appointment of Fatima Waziri- Azi,Ph.D as Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). This is sequel to a recommendation of the Hon. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster…

Buhari celebrates essayist academic, Williams at 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with globally recognized essayist, academic and author, Professor Adebayo Williams, as he turns 70 September 9, 2021. The President saluted the almost 50 years of scholarship, university teaching, and contribution to public discourse that Prof…

Enugu: Ugwuanyi swears-in Acting Chief Judge, Ozoemena

Enugu State governor, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Wednesday swore in Hon. Justice Afojulu Raymond Ozoemena, as the state’s Acting Chief Judge. This followed the retirement of Hon. Justice Ngozi Priscilla Emehelu, the immediate past Chief Judge of Enugu State, from…

Bayelsa, NCDMB sign power supply agreement

The Bayelsa State Government and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday entered into a purchase agreement to ensure regular power supply to the Government House complex in Yenagoa and environs. NCDMB operates a 10-megawatt gas-powered independent…