Globacom, Nigeria’s leading digital telecommunications services provider has announced the launch of the Glo Green Lotto service on its network. The program enables Glo members to purchase their favourite lottery tickets and win big by using their Glo lines and also paying through airtime. Globacom, which has always been in …
Read More »Controversial businessman, Tunde Ayeni, in fresh trouble as Heritage Bank petitions EFCC over debt
Tunde Ayeni and Heritage Bank After sinking Skye Bank, Heritage Bank battles controversial businessman, Tunde Ayeni over N40bn debt Tunde Ayeni and Heritage Bank In what appears to be a case of the rich getting richer and cornering depositors’ funds for personal use, controversial businessman, Tunde Ayeni is in …
Read More »Nigerians Tremble As Dollar Exchange Rate Gallops To N925/$1
Dollar to Naira Exchange rate today Nigerians are now trembling as the naira gallops to an all-time low of N925 to $1 in the black market otherwise known as the parallel market. ENigeria Newspaper on Wednesday reported that Alhaji Aminu Gwadebe Chairman of the Bureau De Change Operators BDC Operators …
Read More »Niger: Long road to peace as ECOWAS, coup leaders maintain positions
Sanusi also met with leader of Niger Republic military junta, General Tchiani, yesterday. • Niger ex-rebel leader launches anti-coup movement • Former Emir of Kano meets coup leaders day after botched AU, UN visit • Holds crucial meeting with Tinubu after Niger visit • Nigerien Islamic Ulama receive Tinubu’s …
Read More »Emefiele asks court to stop FG from further prosecuting him
By Innocent Anaba LAGOS-Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to stop the Federal Government, through the Department of State Services, DSS, from further prosecuting him. Emefiele, arraigned on July 25, by DSS over alleged illegal possession …
Read More »Niger coup leaders form new govt
Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine The military leaders in Niger who seized power in a coup last month have formed a new government, according to a decree read out on national television on Thursday. Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will lead the 21-member government, with generals from the new military …
Read More »Tougher Times Ahead For Gas Consumers As Marketers Set To Increase Price Next Week
Barring any last minute change in plans, marketers will, from next week, raise the price of cooking gas as a result of the forex exchange crisis currently being experienced in the country. The President of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Olatunbosun Oladapo, who gave the hint advised …
Read More »With Annual Funding Gap Of Over $250bn, AfDB Says Nigeria, Other African Countries Need Massive Climate Financing Investments
Nigeria and other African countries are currently being short-changed in climate financing as the continent will need between $235 billion and $250 billion annually through 2030 to meet investments under its nationally determined contributions. This is according to the African Development Bank’s 2023 West Africa Economic Outlook report. Africa currently …
Read More »Don’t Turn Niger To Another Libya, African Bishops Warn Tinubu-Led ECOWAS Against Military Action
L-R: General Abdourahmane Tchiani And President Bola Tinubu …. As Ousted President Cries From Isolation The Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa bishops has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to avoid a repeat of the Libya situation by not deploying military forces to Niger to …
Read More »Chief Of Naval Staff Backs Otti’s ‘Operation Crush’ In Abia
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex, has received the full backing of the Nigeria Navy for the launching of the Abia security watch code named “Operation Crush” aimed at improving the security situation in the state. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, expressed his support for the …
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