archiveFebruary 8, 2021

 Capital Market experts on Monday expressed optimism that the ban on cryptocurrencies by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would likely trigger enhanced activities in the nation’s stock market. They said this an interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while speaking on projections for stock market...

  Abuja-based Centre for the Study of Economies of Africa (CSEA) has reported that a research it conducted had revealed that 28,876 deaths related to tobacco smoking are recorded annually in Nigeria. Mr Marco Castradori, a Research Associate with the CSEA, revealed this, on Monday, in Kano, at the report...

  A lecturer of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Opashola Abdullahi, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for attempting to cheat by personation, spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said on Monday. Abdullahi was arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal...

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has described a news story that insinuated that the governor is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as “a concocted falsehood from purveyors of fake news, who are bent on maligning the governor at all...

  Ecobank Nigeria says its customers are now able to transfer funds by email, SMS and Whatsapp - new features available on the Bank's Mobile App. Speaking on the development, Mrs Olukorede Demola-Adenyi, Head, Consumer Banking Ecobank Nigeria said that this was part of the bank’s innovation in digital banking,...

Christ Life Church International, under the Sword of the Spirit Ministry of Bishop Francis Wale Oke is marking its 32nd anniversary. To celebrate the event, a 4-day programme tagged; "Abundance Grace", is billed to commerce on Wednesday,10th at the Garden of Victory, Olaogun, Ibadan, and will end on Sunday 14th...

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday temporary halted the re-trial of former Abia Governor, Sen. Orji Kalu, on alleged corruption charges. Justice Ekwo temporarily stayed the re-trial while delivering ruling in an application by Kalu seeking leave to file a motion against his re-trial for...

    Residents of Ayete, Igangan and Tapa in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Monday morning denied a statement credited to the Oyo State government that peace had returned to the area. The residents said the presence of Wakili Fulani in Ayete was a threat...

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s government over the cryptocurrency ban by the apex bank. It would be recalled that CBN ordered banks and financial institution in Nigeria to close the accounts of cryptocurrency traders. CBN in...

Popular Yoruba rights activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has declared he has what it takes to fight against Boko Haram without the government’s support. Igboho made this declaration in a video interview released in 2020. He said: “That which I will use in the fight against Boko Haram,...