archiveJune 2021

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that a national public hearing to alter the provisions of the 1999 constitution would hold on Thursday through Friday this week.  Lawan made this known on Tuesday, in an announcement to that effect and conveyed in a letter addressed to him by...

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have resolved to strengthen their collaboration in tackling corruption in the financial sector. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday, May 31, 2021, the chairman of CIBN, Bayo...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has solicited the support of the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the realisation of landed properties of banks in-liquidation within the FCT to enable it pay depositors of affected closed banks. The Chairman of the NDIC Board of Directors, Mrs Ronke...

The Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd (NBC) has reiterated its unwavering commitment towards empowering the nation’s youth, through programs that enable them to thrive and also contribute meaningfully to economic development. The Manager, Sustainability & Community Affairs, Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), Ifeoma Okoye reaffirmed this at the campus edition of the...

  Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Tuesday, advocated the scrapping of the Senate with each zones having equal number of four representatives at the National Assembly. Akeredolu made this disclosure at the Akure Centre of the Southwest Zonal Public Hearing, organised by the House of Representatives Special Committee...

President, Muhammadu Buhari has said those who want to destroy his government will be receive the shock of their lives as they will be treated in a language they will understand. The President made this known on Tuesday after meeting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood...

   Following a sharp drop in new coronavirus infections and severe illnesses, Israel is almost completely lifting government restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the virus. According to an announcement by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, regulations under the so-called Green Passport will expire the same day. This...

)The Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC), on COVID-19, has urged the United Arabs Emirates(UAE),  to remove the discriminatory travel protocols against Nigerians. The PSC Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the call in Abuja. ”The federal government is currently in talks with its UAE...

  Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the 2019 presidential candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), says he will run for presidency again in 2023. He said this in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday. the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) have signed a grant agreement to support the project to support the unified financial market of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). The deal was signed on May 28 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire,...