archiveJanuary 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others particularly the financial services regulators, would invest N1.54 trillion over five years to increase liquidity in the financial services sector. The government intends to boost the liquidity thresholds in each segment of the financial system to levels that will sustain the country’s...

•Ladoja’s lawyer says Balogun not qualified •Kingmakers to follow traditional guidelines A strange succession crisis has hit Ibadanland, following the passage of the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. Although the next-in-line to the throne, the Otun Olubadan, High Chief Lekan Balogun, is perceived as the natural successor, former Attorney-General and Commissioner...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Doyin Salami as Chief Economic Adviser to the President. The president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday. Mr Salami, 59, Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, is also the Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at...

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday visited Magodo where residents were protesting over the invasion and planned demolition of their properties. The estate management had ordered a closure of the estate gates in protest against the planned demolition of property in the estate. Policemen numbering about...

Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has suggested that forests in northern Nigeria should be carpet-bombed to end banditry in the region. Carpet-bombing will damage wildlife and forests in targeted areas. But the governor said the possible damages can be rectified. El-Rufai speaking in an interview with Arise TV said: “I’ve...

  Some economists have defined areas that the Federal Government should prioritise to speed up economic growth and development in the new year. The experts spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom,...

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has insisted that public and private schools in the state will resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, to begin the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session. This is as the Commissioner for Education in the state, Folasade Adefisayo, urged school administrators in all...

  The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).The board  directed  admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, on his 80th birthday, coming up tomorrow, Tuesday, 4 January 2022. He congratulated the scholar, administrator, publisher and highly resourceful diplomat on the milestone. President Buhari joined the academia and the media in celebrating...

restates commitment to restructuring The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has debunked reports linking it with the presidential ambition of some southwest politicians in 2023. The group in a statement on Monday by its publicity secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin submitted that what Nigeria needs to be better is not for any of...