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The Nigerian Exchange Limited has set up its digital and technology products advisory panel as part of its plans to expand its digital transformation agenda. NGX disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday signed by its head of marketing and corporate communications, Clifford Akpolo. He said the panel will be...

  says I’ll continue to promote development in Oyo Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has called on residents of the state to use the opportunity of the 2023 general election to “take back Nigeria and place it on the path of righteousness.” The governor reiterated that the February 25 presidential...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday, counselled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the February 10 deadline for swapping old naira notes with the redesigned ones. The IMF gave the counsel in the wake of the challenges faced by Nigerians across the country over the banknote swap...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has assured that the naira redesign policy will not affect the 2023 general elections. According to him, the apex bank is committed to providing all the needed cash and logistics towards ensuring hitch-free general elections in the country. Emefiele...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it has discovered the sum of N258 million stashed in the vault at the head office of Sterling Bank in Abuja. The Commission said it made the discovery in the course of its ongoing efforts at ensuring that commercial...

  The Supreme Court has issued an order of interim injunction restraining the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from enforcing the  February 10 deadline for the phasing out of the old naira notes. A five-member panel of the court, led by Justice John Okoro hd that...

The first prosecution witness, PW1, Olusegun Falola, in the ongoing trial of Ismaila Yousouf Atumeyi, a Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Friday, February 3, 2023, told Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos that one of...

  seeks humane ways to implement currency change People need cash daily, most commerce informal VP wants more engagement of FinTechs, mobile money agents in distribution Worried by the difficulty experienced by Nigerians in getting the new naira notes, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN today met with some players in...

President Muhammadu Buhari  on Monday, described the founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, as a businessman who has “given new heights to Nigeria’s prestige” as he turns 66. Buhari’s birthday message is contained in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled ‘President...

  advises commission to maintain standard, double up approves funds for completion of projects abandoned at Hajj Camp   Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Friday, maintained that his administration will continue to support the Oyo State Muslim Pilgrimage Board in its bid to have hitch-free Hajj exercises in the...