archive2023

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has admitted TajBank Limited’s N10 billion Sukuk Mudarabah in its drive to further deepen the nation’s capital market. In commemoration of the listing of TajBank’s N10bn 15 per cent Series 1 Sukuk Mudarabah bond on its Exchange, NGX held a closing gong ceremony on Tuesday, 14...

  as security commanders tour trouble spots, reassure residents how security commanders doused tension- SA Security   Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has again, called on residents of the state to demonstrate restraints over the biting hardship occasioned by the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi, (a.k.a Dozie) for allegedly  marrying an American: Nicole Kierulff Sayers falsely,  and defrauded her $200,000(Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in the process. Nwachi was arrested in Abuja on Wednesday, February 15, 2023,  based on...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has again, polled a lead over his counterparts in the two major political parties in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in the latest opinion poll conducted by Anap Foundation. Ahead of the February...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari,  on Wednesday, ratified a resolution to procure electronic cargo tracking devices for port operations in the country. At the meeting the cabinet members deliberated on the memo presented by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, where...

Governor Godwin Obaseki has asked security agents to arrest his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over the naira scarcity protest which was said to have led to the deaths of some persons in the state. Addressing journalists in Benin, the state capital, Obaseki, who spoke through the Commissioner for Communication and...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday announced the extension of its 2023 UTME registration exercise by one week. A statement issued by LAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the development takes effect from Wednesday, February 15 to February 22nd. According to the statement:...

The Lagos State Government has warned against the rejection of the old naira notes, promising to prosecute those that violate the directive. This disclosure is contained in a series of tweet posts on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, on his official...

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed that its order which temporarily barred the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from enforcing its February 10 deadline for the swapping of the old naira notes with the newly redesigned naira notes is still valid. The apex court maintained...

      The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose by 6.22 per to 21.82 per cent on a year-on-year basis in January 2023 as against 15.60 per cent recorded in December 2022. This is according to the NBS Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation...