CBN sets 64 new customers per month target for MfBs to help meet 2020 Financial Inclusion goal
CBN boss, Godwin Emefiele As part of efforts to help meet the country’s 2020 financial inclusion goal, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on Tuesday announced a financial inclusion…
Kogi, Bayelsa Elections: INEC raises concern over history of reported political violence, sanctity of the electoral process
INEC Chair, Mahmood Yakubu Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has raised concerns over the forthcoming elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States as it…
Presidency confirms NACA DG voluntarily resigned, not sacked
President Muhammadu Buhari The Presidency on Tuesday night confirmed that erstwhile Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu, resigned his appointment voluntarily. The…
Mother, child now sleep in toilet as flood overruns their home
The heavy rain experienced in Lagos State for over five days had forced a 50-year-old mother, Mrs Abosede Adeoye, and child to sleep in a toilet. The five days rain…
N735m subsidy scam: Absence of defence counsel stalls hearing
The absence of defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, in an FCT High Court, Apo, on Tuesday, stalled hearing in the subsidy fraud suit filed against Adegibite Adetoye and Ponnle Abiodun,…
LASG flags off reconstruction of Agboju to Trade Fair stretch of Lagos-Badagry Expressway
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat on Tuesday urged residents to cooperate with road contractors and help monitor the continuation of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Hamzat…
Senate endorses Kalu as chief whip, Yahaya, Abaribe, 5 other principal officers
The Senate on Tuesday endorsed the nomination of eight principal officers from the majority and minority political parties among its members. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad…
Lagos gets first female Acting Director of Fire Service after 37 years of establishment
Lagos State gov. Sanwo Olu The Lagos State Government (LASG) has appointed Mrs Margaret Adeseye as the Acting Director of the Lagos State Fire Service. Adeseye becomes the first female…
U.N. to commission study on digital rights, sidesteps call for spyware ban
U.N. member states are set to sidestep a call for a moratorium on commercial spyware, deciding instead to commission a study of how digital technology affects human rights, according to…
Lagos boat tragedy: LASWA recovers 12 bodies, 5 still missing
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has recovered 12 bodies so far in the recent boat mishap on the Badore-Ijede sea route which occurred on June 29. The General Manager…