Photo: The Cable The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the public altercation between operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday over custody of the suspended Central Bank of …
Read More »Eze Chikamnayo: The Archetypal Chichidodo, By Okechukwu Ukpabi
The more things change, the more they stay the same, the French writer, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, wrote in 1849. It is, therefore, not surprising that nine years after he was fuming in the mouth in political fits, he will resort to same crass tactics of name-calling, absolute falsehood and dubious …
Read More »TikTok Introduces Text-Based Posts Similar To Twitter And Meta’s Threads
Popular Chinese short-form video hosting platform, TikTok, has introduced text-only posts, becoming the latest social media platform to adopt the format, seemingly as an alternative for people seeking to leave Twitter. The platform announced that it will now allow users to create and share text-based content as a way to broaden …
Read More »Subsidy removal: Nigerian youths hail Kyari’s transparency drive, beg Nigerians to be patient
Nigerian youths have commended the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mallam Mele Kyari, for promoting transparency, probity, accountability, and good governance in the Nigerian oil and gas industry vis-à-vis his handling of the recent fuel subsidy removal initiative. The youths, under the …
Read More »Glo and Palmpay unveils “PalmPay Bonanza – Recharge Glo and Win”
Nigeria’s total telecoms solutions provider, Globacom, and top fintech platform, PalmPay have unveiled a new promotion campaign, “PalmPay Bonanza – Recharge Glo and Win,” which gives Nigerians who purchase Glo data and airtime bundles via the PalmPay platform opportunity to win exciting rewards. The promotion runs between July 21 and …
Read More »Fostering Equality and Empowerment: Wema Bank Gives Economic Lift To Employees
In the Nigerian banking industry, Wema Bank, Plc is widely acknowledged to be a leader in the realms of innovation and technology, and for constantly seeking to provide seamless financial services to its teeming customers, but is the financial powerhouse a champion of its employees’ best interests? Yes, the most …
Read More »Forex crises: Insurers struggle to grow income from imports
Forex •Importers abandon full coverage, go for clause ‘C’ insurance There are indications that the perennial crises in the Nigeria’s foreign exchange market have negatively impacted the projected growth in marine and shipping insurance business. Recent data has shown that the growth rate is far below what the industry operators …
Read More »CBN Should Lift Ban On BDCs Participation In I&E Window– Muda Yusuf
BDC Operator Changing Naira For Dollar The current crash in the naira is raising doubts about the exclusion of Bureau De Change operators from the investors’ and Exporters’ foreign exchange window. As of the close of trade on Friday, the naira closed N777.8 at the I&E Window, While CBN weighted …
Read More »SERAP Sues CBN Over Regulations On Customers’ Social Media Handles
CBN Headquarters In Abuja Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its failure to delete the patent provisions in the apex bank Customer Due Diligence Regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles for the purpose …
Read More »Vice Chancellors Hail Dangote’s Impact on Nigeria’s Agricultural revolution
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been hailed as a foremost entrepreneur whose laudable interventions in the agricultural sector in Nigeria should be applauded and emulated by others. Many Nigerian University Vice Chancellors, under the auspices of Committee of Vice-Chancellors who were at the Dangote Fertiliser plant on …
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