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- 23 May 2014
UN Blacklists Boko Haram, Slams Sanctions
United Nations (UN) Security Council Committee on al Qaeda, on Thursday, blacklisted Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Islamist militant group, after the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls, diplomats said. The…
- 30 Sept 2019
CBN Orders Bank to Monitor Individuals, Firms under UN Sanctions
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has called on banks and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) to report suspicious transactions of entities or individuals in the global sanction lists of the United…
- 13 Aug 2013
UN Moves to Stop Hate Speech on Internet
United Nations committee tasked with combating racial discrimination has opened its latest round of work in Geneva, Switzerland with a focus on stopping the spread of racist hate speech on the…
- 12 Jun 2013
FG in ‘Rat-Race’ to Beat Obama’s Ultimatum on ISPS
Federal government has intensified action to overcome the security huddles of the US Government, especially the US demand that government beef up security in the Nigerian ports, or have ships coming…
- 21 Oct 2013
Key Measures Point Stinky Fingers @ Nigeria
From pervasive corruption to alarming incidences of intellectual property theft, Nigeria has been ranked among the bottom 10 performers in the world according to a compilation by ENDS.ng, Every…
- 9 Jan 2013
CBN Mulls Office of Ombudsman for e-Payment Disputes
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to establish the Office of Ombudsman made up of representatives with significant degree of independence to investigate and address complaints as well as disputes of…
- 22 Aug 2012
FG Not Serious in IP Law Enforcement – Aponmade
Akeem Aponmade, a legal practitioner and intellectual property consultant and expert in IP law enforcement. He is very passionate about intellectual property rights and an avid anti-piracy campaigner…
- 6 Jun 2017
Officials, Bizmen Stole N1.4trn under OBJ, Yar’Adua, Jonathan
Itse Sagay, chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has said that 55 top government officials and private businessmen in Nigeria illicitly diverted N1.35 trillion (about…
- 6 Aug 2017
Banks’ Staff, Others Steal N2.4Bn -NDIC
Banks in Nigeria lost N2.4 billion to fraud and forgeries executed by staff in connivance with fraudsters in 2016, according to the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), NDIC attributed the…