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- 26 Sept 2023
Ochefu, Bala-Usman, Chukwu line up for GOCOP 2023 conference
A line up of seasoned professionals are now ready to speak as panelists at the 2023 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Abuja…
- 20 Jun 2025
Bank Customers Petition CBN over Illegal Deductions, Demand Action
Bank Customers Association of Nigeria (BCAN) has written to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) seeking urgent intervention over what it describes as persistent and unauthorized charges being deducted…
- 16 May 2016
Experts Say Naira Devaluation Inevitable
Financial experts have said that the Naira, which came under pressure last week following the partial deregulation of the downstream petroleum sub-sector, has to be devalued, with a flexible foreign…
- 2 Aug 2016
Naira Nears N400/Dollar as Forex Scarcity Bites Harder
The Naira is gradually nearing N400 to a United States dollar due to limited dollar supply and reluctance of foreign portfolio investors to dig into the Nigeria economy. On Monday, the Naira dropped…
- 5 Aug 2016
Naira Hits N400/Dollar as Forex Scarcity Worsens
The naira plunged to 400 against the dollar at the parallel market on Thursday as shortage of foreign exchange continued to have negative effects on economic activities in the country, according to…
- 20 Nov 2016
FG Mulls Jail Term for Hoarding Dollar
Federal government has proposed an amendment to the Foreign-Exchange Act to enable the imprisonment of anyone who holds foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for more than 30 days. This is the…
- 21 May 2015
Loan Dodgers Owe Banks N138Bn
Loan default by customers made 13 Deposit Money Banks to lose a combined sum of N138 billion in the 2014 financial year, according to calculations by the Punch Newspaper. Data obtained from the 2014…
- 26 Oct 2017
BVN: Banks May Beg Court to Stop FG
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) operating in Nigeria may have to run to court to challenge an order granted by a court in Abuja to the Federal Government to takeover all funds in accounts without Bank…
- 28 Nov 2021
$3.48Bn Loan: Nigeria Risks Losing Assets to China – Experts
Economic and financial experts have warned the Federal Government that Nigeria risks losing key national assets to China in the event that it defaults in paying back loans obtained from China which…
- 24 Jul 2022
SEC Seeks Harmonized Exchange Rate to Attract Foreign Portfolio Investment
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has advocated for a unified foreign exchange rate in order to attract Foreign Portfolio Investment, FPI into the country. The Commission said that the…
- 10 Aug 2022
FG Borrows N2.45Trillion from CBN by Ways and Means Advances
Federal government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through Ways and Means Advances rose from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N19.91tn in June 2022. The Punch quoted data from…
- 18 Feb 2014
Jonathan Inaugurates Research, Innovation Council
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja inaugurated the National Research and Innovation Council (NRIC) to bridge the link between research and industrialization. At the ceremony held at the…
- 19 Mar 2018
JAMB Warns as Fraudster Urges UTME Candidates to Pay for Scores ‘Upgrades’
As the writing of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination came to an end on Friday, fraudsters have invaded the Internet, asking candidates to call some numbers through which they could…
- 19 Jun 2012
NCC Hosts Conferences on EMF Exposure & Health, MNP
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will between June 27- 28, host the first West African Conference on EMF Exposure and Health, in Lagos. The conference is coming against the backdrop of…
- 1 Jan 2013
NCC Arrests 26, Impounds N2.3m Illegal Facilities
Copyright Inspectors of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) working with law enforcement agencies have arrested 26 suspected pirates and confiscated N2.3 million worth of illegal facilities. In an…