•CBN headquarters, Abuja Some bank customers have expressed panic as the Central Bank of Nigeria bans mobile money operators including fintech firms from onboarding new customers. However, the Bank Customers Association of Nigeria backed the CBN directive, reports The PUNCH.A The new directive will affect fintech companies such as OPay, Palmpa...
•Troops Igbomotoru community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been deserted by the people following alleged attack on the community by several armed soldiers yesterday. Though the reason for the alleged military invasion of the community could not be confirmed, it was gathered today that the soldiers were reporte...
Natives and residents of Iddo-Sarki community along Airport Road, Abuja, were gripped with panic following the mounting of demolition signposts by the Nigerian Navy (NN) in the area. Our correspondent who visited the community observed that the signposts had an inscription which read: “This land belongs to the Nigerian Navy, Park and leave. Al...
•Duty exchange rate under Tinubu The adoption of the spot foreign exchange (FX) rate in computing duty on imported commodities has thrown importers and the entire business community into a panic mode. For the first time, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) raised the import duty exchange twice within 24 hours on Friday under the guise […]...
•Explosion Heavy explosion has rocked Maitama, the heart of Abuja. News of the incident had sent panic around the city. The FCT police command has however urged citizens not to panic as blast was due to an over-heated Refuse bin. FCT police command in a statement said the explosion occurred at about 11:45 pm, near […]
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso Financial experts and seasoned economists have sued for caution in the way and manner the Special investigation report on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is being handled to forestall the possibility of eroding public confidence in the institution. The leaked report raises serious allegations against various offici...
A veil of anxiety appears to have been flung over university campuses in Nigeria in the wake of academics leaving the country amid the japa wave. University administrators have been thrown into panic as the number of lecturers available for teaching is fast diminishing, reports Sunday Independent. According to Statista Research Department, as...
•School feeding programme in Osun Parents and residents of Osogbo were thrown into panic as 18 pupils from St. James Primary School B, Owo-Ope, were hospitalised due to food poisoning linked to the government’s free school feeding programme. It was gathered that pupils of the school developed complications after eating rice and egg prepared fo...
Panic has gripped Jos and Bukuru metropolis in Plateau State over alleged plans by youths to raze the Court of Appeal building in protest against the judgments of the court, which sacked all the National Assembly members elected under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They have also resolved to hold what they described […]
•Yushau Shuaib “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We regret to announce that because of a technical problem, we have to return to Paris for safety and security.” That was the announcement by the Captain of the Abuja-bound Air France flight on Monday, October 23, 2023, that departed Charles De Gaulle (CDG) Airport […]...