CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, accuses the website of “illegal activity that undermines the economy”. The Central Bank of Nigeria has accused the Abokifx, a website that collates the black market exchange rates of naira, of carrying out an “illegal activity that undermines the economy”. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the publisher of platform, Oniwinde Adedotun, […]
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Mahmood Ahmadu Wins Big in Forbes 2021 Awards
Mahmood Ahmadu – A portion of Africa’s driving lights in business, politics, innovation, leadership and the economy have been scheduled for honour and festivity at the approaching FORBES Best of Africa Award which will hold at the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) Leadership and Philanthropy round table on Friday (tomorrow) at around 5 pm through a virtual gathering. […]
Oyedepo – Pastors Send Fake Church Attendance, Offerings To Keep Job
Oyedepo – The minister, in his record acquired by SaharaReporters, expressed that the ministers who enjoyed the demonstration had a conference with a portion of the senior church clergymen, who deducted part of their (the ministers’) pay rates and dispatched back to the congregation as contributions of the non-existent assemblage. One of the ministers of […]
Farmer: What herders advised me prior to obliterating my yields
moi Yusuf of Nasarawa State says the public authority needs to move quickly to save limited scope farmers from hunger in the midst of developing uncertainty.
FG extends NIN-SIM verification deadline
NIN-SIM – The expansion of the linkage is likewise to address low enrolments in schools and clinics, as confirmed by enrolment measurements. The Federal Government has expanded the cutoff time for National Identity Number (NIN)– Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) information check to October 31. This was contained in a proclamation together endorsed by Ikechukwu Adinde, […]
#Twitterban: Buhari shows dictatorial tendency – Soyinka
#Twitterban – The ban on Twitter by the Muhammadu Buhari administration is a clampdown on freedom of expression and further shrinks Nigeria’s civic space, activists and opposition political parties have said. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Nigerian government announced on Friday that it was suspending the activities of the social media giant in Nigeria. The […]
Facebook also deletes Buhari’s controversial message after Twitter
Facebook has joined Twitter in banning President Buhari’s controversial civil war statement. Earlier today, June 4, the Federal Government announced that Twitter has been suspended in Nigeria. This comes days after Twitter deleted the president’s controversial statement and the video where he made the statement. The banned statement made by Buhari reads: “Many of those misbehaving today […]
UK businesses in Nigeria ask FG to provide more forex
UK businesses – At an interactive session with Niyi Adebayo, minister of industry, trade and Investment, and Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the UK business team said they need forex to pay their lenders and maintain their machines. Some of the companies present at the interactive session included GlaxoSmithKline, Savanna […]
FG suspends Twitter operations in Nigeria indefinitely
FG suspends Twitter – The federal government has announced the suspension of the operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking service, in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the “indefinite” suspension in a statement issued on Friday by Segun Adeyemi, his spokesman. According to the statement, the minister cited “the persistent use of […]
Lagos compensates owners of land acquired for agricultural activities
Lagos – The Lagos State Government says it has begun payment of compensations to the 16 traditional land-owning families