The first major upset at the ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Senior Tennis Championship was recorded early today when former junior champion, Onyeka Mbanu, fell in straight set of 4-6, 4-6 to an unseeded player, Emmanuel Sunday. The second round tie which was supposed to be played yesterday had to be shifted to today [...]
With barely 48 hours to the commencement of the 34th Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Senior Tennis Open, some of the players have expressed readiness to play in the first tournament of 2013. One of the players, Clifford Enosoregbe, said he had been preparing for the tourney in the last few months, adding that he [...]
Talk about agility, accuracy, speed, focus, determination and you won’t be far from describing Nigeria’s latest discovery in the racquet game, Mary-Love Edwards. The young prodigy who won the U-12 category of the just concluded Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Junior Tennis Open, showed her older counterparts how the game ought to be played as [...]
On 28 February, 2007 when the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced the introduction of polymer versions of 5, 10, 20, and 50 naira notes, many citizens hailed the novel idea. Six years after, however, many Nigerians are now rejecting the polymer currency notes, either because it is faded to the point it can no [...]
A number of key policy decisions usher in a new lease of life for Nigerian consumers Nigerian consumers had never had it so good lately. In recent weeks, key policy decisions by regulatory agencies, working with the private sector, have meant Nigerians have to pay less, or nothing, for services, whose cost have long been [...]
Managing Director Enterprise Bank, Mr Ahmed Kuru, has said Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy of using ‘bridged banks’ to rescue distressed banks in the country was in order, as the idea is now yielding fruits. Kuru said the existing three bridge banks – Enterprise Bank Limited (Kuru’s bank), Mainstreet Bank Limited, Keystone Bank Limited – [...]
In furtherance of its social intervention policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has moved a notch in executing its planned multi-billion naira project in favour of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka. The apex bank, headed by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in the next four years is expected to construct a link road, multi-storey faculty [...]
