archiveJanuary 19, 2022

The Senate has urged the military and security agencies in the country to closely monitor and block the escape routes used by bandits and fleeing terrorists to forestall their relocation to safe havens in other parts of Niger State and the country. This was just as it urged the National...

Managing Director/Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has described the recently launched Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) as a critical enabler for intra Africa trade. Akinwuntan who spoke on Arise TV on the launch of the payment settlement system regulatory framework, emphasized that the new payment method will serve...

The Senate on Wednesday re-amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by the National Assembly on November 18, 2021. Accordingly, the chamber in Clause 84(2) of the report approved direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for the various elective positions....

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on all capital market operators (CMOs) to screen and verify their clients to clear them of any links with proscribed terrorist groups. A circular released by the SEC on its website said the call was in line with the gazette released by...

A High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, on Wednesday ordered the Nigeria Government to pay N1 billion to Nnamdi Kanu, for violating the rights of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Judge Benson Anya described the invasion of Kanu’s Afaraukwu residence as notorious and brazen. He also...