A ban on Congo Brazzaville competing in international competitions has been lifted, a FIFA statement said yesterday. Congo were suspended last February due to government interference in the administration of football in the Central African nation. This prevented the ‘Red Devils’ playing 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Zambia and Tanzania in ...
•Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer The UK yesterday lifted sanctions imposed during the rule of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad against 24 entities including Syria’s Central Bank, a statement said. The UK government said last month it planned to ease sanctions after Syria’s new leaders, former rebels who toppled Assad, sought to p...
Ardavan Yousefi has gotten so used to life under Iran’s sweeping internet restrictions that for him, a recent decision to lift a ban on messaging service WhatsApp went virtually unnoticed. “Oh wow, is it really removed now?” Yousefi, a cafe owner from the capital Tehran, said of the two-year ban on the popular application, reports […]...
•NYSC members The federal government has lifted the ban restricting the posting of members of the National Youth Service Corps to the public sector, allowing for corpers to now be posted to private sector organisations, including banks and oil and gas companies. According to a memo issued by the Minister for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted its suspension on banks borrowing from its window, known as the Standing Lending Facility (SLF). The apex bank also pegged the lending rate at 31.75 percent sequel to to decisions made at the 296th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the […]
•ECOWAS leaders in Abuja yesterday The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political, and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja yesterday, reports Channels TV. While the region...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reviewed its position on the ban on cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria. The apex bank said yesterday that it had changed its stance on crypto assets in the country and asked banks to disregard its earlier ban on crypto transactions, reports Daily Trust. This is contained in a circular dated […]
•Nnamdi Kanu Justice A. O. Onovo of the Enugu State High Court, Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. It was earlier reported that in 2017, the South-East Governors Forum, led by former Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi State, proscribe...
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