Only 47 Money Transfer Operators Are Licensed – Central Bank Of Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released the list of 47 International Money Transfer Operators that are licensed to operate…
Category: Features
UK Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Drops To 5.0%
Britain’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 5.0% in the three months to January, when the country entered a new COVID…
Federal Government Discovers Gold Deposit Along Abuja-Nasarawa Border
Adegbite paid Abdullahi Sule, the Nasarawa state governor, a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday. The minister said the mineral…
Autonomous Driving Startup Momenta Raises $500 Million From SAIC, Toyota, Others
Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta said on Friday it has received $500 million from SAIC Motor, Toyota Motor and auto…
Japanese Judiciary Sends Conflicting Signals To Nuclear Industry
Japanese courts delivered conflicting rulings on two nuclear reactors on Wednesday, lifting an injunction on one and slapping a no-restart…
One Young African Leader Listed For Dangote Fellowship
Eleven Africans, among them two Nigerians, who have been named Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum for 2021,…
No Fund Missing In Military Pensions, Says Board
The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has dismissed the allegation of missing N2.5 billion military pensions fund, describing the publications as…
We Gave Niger Delta Governors N100m Each As COVID-19 Palliatives – NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing states…
Continental Reinsurance Plc Positioned To Deliver Value Post-Covid Recovery Of African Nations
Almost 35 years after it was founded in Lagos, Nigeria, leading private pan-African reinsurer, Continental Reinsurance today announces it is…
Financial Crimes: We’re Focusing Searchlight On Bankers, Says Bawa
In its renewed poise to clamp down on financial crimes in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Nigeria Has Only 0.33% Share In Global Trade, WTO DG Decries
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that Nigeria’s 0.33 per cent share in…
I Wish Dangote Refinery Existed Years Ago – Okonjo-Iweala
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said Nigeria would have started producing its own refined…
Naira Exchanges For N481/$ At Parallel Market
The naira on Monday exchanged for N481/$ at the parallel market. At the Exporter & Importer forex window, the exchange…
WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala Hits Aso Rock For Buhari
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State…
USA: Bitcoin ATMs Are Coming To A Gas Station Near You
A new feature has appeared at smoke shops in Montana, gas stations in the Carolinas and delis in far-flung corners…
Nigeria Records 120 New COVID-19 Cases, No Death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said with 120 confirmed new cases of COVID-9, the number of active cases…
Why Federal Government Is Constructing Narrow Gauge On Eastern Rail —Minister
The Federal Government on Sunday explained why it was constructing a narrow gauge railway on the Eastern rail line as…
FIRS N1.4bn Refreshment Budget Reckless, Insensitive –TI, Others
Civil society organisations have condemned the N1.4bn budget for meals and refreshments by the Federal Inland Revenue Service in the…
The Nigerian Insurers Association: Vehicles With Fake Insurance Certificates Hit 9.04 Million
The number of vehicles with fake certificates on Nigerian roads rose to 9.04 million according to latest figures obtained by…
Ex-GTBank MD, Adaramodu Joins Ekiti Guber Race
The former Deputy Managing Director of the Guarantee Trust Bank, Mr. Kayode Adaramodu, has declared intention to contest the Ekiti…
PDP Governors Seek Financial Assistance From Buhari
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a five-hour meeting in Abuja, yesterday, to…
Trump, Estranged From Presidents Club, Excluded From Predecessors’ PSA
When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by official photographers or videographers, according to a…
Coronavirus Vaccination: No Adverse Reaction From President Buhari, Others – NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that since the country commenced its COVID-19 vaccination, no Nigerian…
How Generals Ironsi, Gowon, Obasanjo Laid Foundation For Insecurity – Sultan
The chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III,…
Between UK’s Diplomats And Nigeria’s New Ambassadors
he United Kingdom’s current High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, trended lately. The occasion was when she rejoiced with a…
AstraZeneca Vaccine Has No Side Effect –NAFDAC DG
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, says the Astrazeneca vaccine…
#FuelPriceHike: No Increase In Petrol Depot Price This Month, NNPC Insists
he Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has insisted that there is no increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit…
Using Ibori Loot For Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kano Rail Line Unjust – Sagay
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),…
Norwegian Air Updates Offer To Creditors In key Step Towards Survival
Norwegian Air said it had presented an updated restructuring proposal to creditors on Thursday, a major step in the airline’s…
Two Out Of Five Bank Workers Are Contract Staff – NBS
Two out of every five people working in Nigerian banks are contract staff, analysis of data provided by the National…