Central Bank of Nigeria building Real estate and construction firms in the country were able to secure loans totaling N21.89tn in four years, findings by The PUNCH have shown. The sector also contributed N93.14tn to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product during the period, according to an analysis of the GDP report …
Read More »Music Video: ‘You Committed Grave Mistake’ — Buhari’s Ex-Aide Tells Davido After He Deleted ‘Jaye Lo’ Clip
Nigerian singer, Davido Nigerian Afrobeats star, Davido, whose real name is David Adeleke, has deleted a controversial music video after criticisms from the Muslim community. This comes two days after the singer posted the music video of his new DMW music signee, Olamilekan Taiwo, known as Logos Olori, on social …
Read More »Skit with Hilda Baci now my biggest ever — comedian, Sydney Talker
Popular Nigerian skit maker Sydney Egere best known as Sydney Talker has taken to social media to appreciate Guinness World Record holder Holda Baci for agreeing to work with him on a project that has garnered major traction across top social media platforms. The comedian in his appreciation post on …
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 …
Read More »Fidelity Bank reclassified as Medium Price Stock
Following a bullish run in the stock market in recent months, the Nigerian Exchange Limited (“NGX”) on Friday announced the reclassification of Fidelity Bank Plc. from small price stock to medium price stock. A statement by the NGX said the reclassification became necessary because Fidelity Bank Plc. shares have …
Read More »Ibori breaks silence on UK court order confiscating £101.5m
A former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has vowed to appeal a United Kingdom (UK) court ruling ordering a confiscation of 101.5 million pounds linked to him. Judge David Tomlinson of the Southwark Crown Court, had ordered the confiscation on Friday. Reacting in a statement posted on his Facebook …
Read More »TRIBUNAL: U.S. Customs Discovered Tinubu’s House Was Used As Drop-Off Point For Heroine – Peter Obi
Lawyers representing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have tackled President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima over their final submissions that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja should not nullify their clients election victory over a 30-year-old United States District Court judgement. In …
Read More »You went too low, Peter Obi attacks Tinubu’s lawyers in final address [Full statement]
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has attacked the lawyers of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the All Progressives Congress, over their warning of possible anarchy if the 25 February election was upturned on account of the non-uploading of the …
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