Justice M.A. Oyetenu of the Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced Etiusen Stephen for defacing Naira…
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In a significant crackdown on illegal financial activities, Justice K. Dagat of the Federal High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has just been sworn in today as Nigeria’s new president. In his inaugural speech, President Tinubu…
What an irony! The operational network of Zenith Bank has collapsed for over a week now. No customer can transfer…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched fresh minimum standards for the operation of credit guarantee companies (CGCs). The…
The founder of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), Prof Kingsley Moghalu, has assured that he will create…
Many are dubious as to the true value of blockchain. The recently concluded CoinGeek Conference broadcasted live in Zurich, Switzerland…
Muhammad Sanusi II has said he earned his position as a monarch, noting that his outstanding work and rise in…
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today directed the Senate Committee on Banking and Finance, chaired…
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Central Bank has directed all bank and financial institutions to stop dealing with 18 individuals and…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to launch Nigeria’s first private crude oil refinery by 2019 while almost doubling his…
Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) is selling dollars on the inter-bank market for the fourth day to ease dollar shortages after…
A Nigerian court on Thursday said intelligence agents broke the law when they seized the passport of ousted central bank governor Lamido Sanusi and ordered the government to pay damages and publicly apologise. Sanusi was suspended on February 20, less…
Nigeria’s former central bank chief Lamido Sanusi on Sunday described the president who ousted him as a simple man trying to do well who has been undermined by incompetent and fraudulent aides. Sanusi, widely respected by economists in Nigeria and abroad…
Nigeria has seized the passport of ousted central bank governor Lamido Sanusi, an ally of the outspoken government critic said Friday, a day after he was removed from office in a move that sparked fears of economic turmoil. President Goodluck Jonathan…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the central bank governor on Thursday for alleged financial recklessness, sidelining a prominent government critic as he readies for an expected re-election campaign. Lamido Sanusi, whose term was due…
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Adenaike, on Friday urged banks operating in the state to support policemen…
The Bank of England is to issue plastic banknotes for the first time in its history, it announced Wednesday, with Winston Churchill gracing the first run. The polymer note, carrying a value of £5 ($8.2, 6.0 euro), is to be released in 2016 — and as…
The virtual currency Bitcoin crashed in China on Wednesday, falling almost 50 percent after the country’s biggest trading platform BTC China banned deposits in yuan following new restrictions imposed by the central bank. Chinese speculators have driven…