The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned Nigerians and financial institutions to stay away from bitcoin and other digital currencies. The apex bank said the virtual currencies are not legal lenders in Nigeria and are unacceptable. The bank called on…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has agreed to help repay a $76 million Japanese facility obtained to battle polio. Minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when she received a delegation of Japanese House of…
A latest World Bank forecast says that economic growth in Nigeria would edge up to at least 2.5 per cent in 2018, and that Nigeria stands to benefit from improved commodity prices, investments and trade. Meanwhile, the World Bank’s January…
The Federal Government said on Tuesday egg production, processing and marketing could create no fewer than one million jobs through its National Egg Production (NEGPRO) Scheme. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this known in…
For the third consecutive year, the gale of transparency and innovation in the marketing and management of Nigeria’s crude oil grades was sustained on Wednesday as a total of 254 indigenous and foreign owned entities submitted bids for the sale…
The reports in says Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) collected N287.6 billion between January and December 2017. This, according to experts, is 92.71 per cent of its revenue target of N310.2 billion set for the…
Oyo State part of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday pronounced a three-day cautioning strike in both open and private health facilities in the state over sack of 256 doctors and deployment of around 300 staff of Ladoke Akintola…
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission says that presidential and national assembly elections will be held on Feb. 16, 2019. The commission made the announcement Tuesday while outlining the 2019 general election timetable. It said the presidential and national assembly primaries…
The federal government ( FG ) has reportedly banned the open grazing of cattle in the country. The ban is coming days after suspected herdsmen attacked two communities in Benue state. According to The Nation, the decision to ban the group…
A High Court sitting in Abuja has on Tuesday invalidated the suspension of Senator Buruji Kashamu from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The gathering was additionally controlled by the court from taking any further disciplinary activities against the administrator. Equity…
