archiveApril 14, 2021

  Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is witnessing a revolution in digital money that can make remittances easier, faster and cheaper. She said this on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. during her opening remarks at the iLab Spring Meetings Virtual Workshop. According to her, after...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says residents of Lagos, Ebonyi and Niger states paid the highest amount for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol in March. The NBS said this in its “Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch for March 2021’’ released on its website on Wednesday...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.President Muhammadu Buhari is in London for a routine medical check-up. Before the proceedings, a minute silence was observed in honour of Mahmud Tukur, a former Minister of Commerce and...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that only admission through its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) was valid and not otherwise. The board made this known in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday in Abuja. While warning universities against...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday join Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to flag off a digital empowerment programme in Abeokuta, the state capital. Tagged ‘Ogun State Digital Economic Empowerment Project’, it is a plan of the State Government, being organised by the Bureau of Information Technology in...

Senator Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo State, has spoken out about his detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for suspected misappropriation of public funds. EFCC operatives apprehended Okorocha at his Unity House office in Garki, Abuja, about 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Speaking via his...