The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that Nigerians can begin to download e-naira wallets on their phones from October 1. The Director, Payment System Management, at the CBN Mr. Musa Jimoh, said this during an interview on the ‘Business Morning’ programme on Channels Television yesterday. This came as …
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Femi Adesina: FG Not Interested In Naming, Shaming Terrorism Financiers
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the regime of his principal, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is not interested in naming or shaming Boko Haram sponsors and other financiers of terrorism in the country. The presidential aide said rather, the current regime …
Read More »Femi Fani-Kayode Returns Home After Joining APC, Receives Rousing Welcome
Former Aviation minister Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode receives rousing welcome from his supporters as he returns home after his defection from PDP to APC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozTdhNMfgA Home sweet home! Faithful God! Bless His name!
Read More »EFCC to Arraign ex-Union Bank CEO, Emeka Emuwa, Other Over Alleged N1.9 Billion Fraud
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, one of the old generation deposit money banks (DMBs) in Nigeria is currently enmeshed in alleged N1.9 billion fraud saga, Newsextra24 exclusively reports. Also indicted in the alleged fraud are three former management officers of the bank. Barely five months after his retirement in March …
Read More »Pro-Buhari & Anti-Buhari Protesters Clash In New York Before Buhari’s Speech
Two Nigerian groups on Monday confronted each other in New York, the United States, over the state of things in the country. The groups converged on Nigerian House on 42nd Street, 2nd Avenue, airing opposing views about the conditions in Nigeria and its unity. The protests came as President Muhammadu …
Read More »Wike Kicks As FG Excludes Rivers From States To Benefit From Planned New Loans
Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of Rivers State from states that are to benefit from the projects to be executed with the fresh loan that the Federal Government is seeking to obtain from the World Bank. This is as he observed that Nigeria …
Read More »Apapa Gridlock Persists, Lagos Blames NPA, MAN Laments Losses
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, and Head of the Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team Apapa, Toyin Fayinka, has blamed the Nigerian Ports Authority for the renewed congestion at the Lagos ports and the consequent upsurge in traffic gridlock along the Apapa area. In February, …
Read More »Edwin Clark Writes Buhari, Rejects Proposed Naval Base Project In Kano
An elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari explaining why the federal government should stop the proposed naval base project in Kano. Clark, a former Minister of Information, in the letter titled; ‘Establishment of a naval base in Kano in the heart of the Sahel?’ and …
Read More »PDP Chairmanship: Horsetrading As Ugwuanyi Zoning Committee Decides Thursday
The political climate in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is presently gripped by anxiety, horse trading, scheming and lobbying ahead of the Thursday meeting of the National Convention Committee on Zoning, headed by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The 44-member zoning committee is expected to arrive Enugu tomorrow and …
Read More »Okorocha: I Don’t Receive Salary, Don’t Know How Much Senators Earn
Former Governor and Senator representing Imo West, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has disclosed that he had never received a dime as salary from the National Assembly, since becoming a Senator, over two years ago. This was, even as, the Philanthropist said he didn’t draw salaries from the coffers of Imo State …
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