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Barely 48 hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria launched its digital currency called the eNaira, the regulator has warned the public of fake social media handles for the currency.   In a statement issued Wednesday by its spokesman, Osita Nwanisobi, the Director, Corporate Communications, CBN said its attention had been drawn to criminal and […]

A former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has debunked media reports that he was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, but that he went to the anti-graft agency in Abuja of his own volition.   Anyim, who is also a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, explained that he went to […]

The Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has appealed to the  Indigenous People of Biafra to reconsider its seven-day sit-at-home order in southeast Nigeria starting from November 5, a day before the scheduled governorship poll in Anambra State.   IPOB had last weekend declared it would impose the seven days of sit-at-home from November 5 over […]

The United Nations has issued ‘Urgent Appeals” to the governments of Nigeria and Kenya, demanding immediate stoppage of any torture or violation of rights being committed against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.    The UN similarly warned of serious consequences should the allegations of torture and violation of […]

In readiness for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, announced the deployment of over 100 senior Police officers to the state.   The man who has been penciled down to lead the security team are the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department,  Joseph […]

In Nigeria, as much as 99.4 percent of bank accounts contain less than N500,000, which is the Maximum Insured Limit (MIL) of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, the corporation has revealed.   This was disclosed by the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the corporation, Mr. Bello Hassan, who spoke to financial journalists.   Hassan said the […]

Nigeria’s adoption of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or the eNaira and its supporting technology or block chain, can increase the country’s GDP by $29 billion over the next 10 years. President Muhammadu Buhari has said.   The president made this declaration on Monday when he launched the eNaira in Abuja.   With the […]

Members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Monday marched to the Police Headquarters to protest the missing of their colleague, Tordue Salem.   Salem, National Assembly correspondent for Vanguard, has been missing for 13 days.   At the Force Headquarters in Abuja, the journalist asked the Inspector-General of Police, IG, Usman Alkali Baba, questions […]

Attacks by armed men on Nigerian prisons are calculated to ridicule the government, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said.    He was reacting to the latest of such attack on the Abolongo Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State, when he visited the place on Sunday morning.   Armed men […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to formally unveil the Nigerian Central Bank Digital Currency, known as the eNaira, on Monday 25 October 2021, at the State House, the CBN has said.   The launch of the eNaira is a culmination of several years of research work by the CBN in advancing the boundaries of payments […]

  FBH Holdings Plc, the parent holding company for First Bank of Nigeria, has refuted reports in a section of the media that billionaire Femi Otedola has acquired a controlling interest in the Bank.   The bank said in a statement that its attention had been drawn to media reports on October 22, 20201, saying […]

The Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town in Oyo State was on Friday night invaded by gunmen.   Sources said the gunmen attacked the facility with explosives around 10.30pm and set the inmates free.   Hundreds of prisoners at the facility were said to have been set free by the yet-to-be identified spokesman for the […]