Tag: CBN
FG Bows To ASUU, N200b Paid Into CBN
Barely twenty four hours to the expiration of the 4 December ultimatum Federal Government gave members of the Academic Staff…
ASUU: We Are Not Aware Of Any N200b
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Dr. Nasir Fagge Issa, this morning disclosed that his union…
Living In The Shadow Of Terror
Security measures adopted in the wake of Boko Haram attacks have substantially altered living and driving in Abuja In the…
Analysis: CBN battles money laundering
Nigeria’s central bank has announced new measures to tackle money laundering it says is weakening the naira currency and risks…
CBN backs power reform with N109bn
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed over N109 billion to 20 companies in support of the…
Bank Customers Unaware Of Mobile Money Services —Poll
The latest Mobile Money Services Snap Poll conducted by NOI Polls has revealed that almost 6 in 10 Nigerians (59%)…
Waiting For Africa To Emerge
By Adebayo Lamikanra Ebenezer Obadare is never likely to forget the first time we sat down to hold an intellectual…
Freedom Of Information Act Put To The Test
By Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun In 2011 Nigeria passed the Freedom of Information Act, which seeks to guarantee citizens’…
Insider Abuse In Nigerian Banks
The country’s banking industry is crawling with criminally-minded people who, through a variety of tricks, continue to milk depositors. Now…
Nigerian Banks As Slave Camps
Apart from working like elephants and feeding like ants, bank workers are subjected to many unwholesome labour conditions by their…
Fashioning A Workable & Realistic Constitution For Nigeria
By Ambassador Adegboyega Ariyo Commendable efforts have been made to restore the country to the path of sustainable development, where unity…
Abolish Political Party System
By Oluwole Sholanke It is a general perception that politicians are corrupt and that they use political parties to loot…
The Sack Of Maduka
Business magnate, Cosmas Maduka exits the Access Bank board in controversial circumstances Corporate big player and Coscharis Motors owner, Cosmas…
AMCON’s Misadventure And A Hapless Nation
By Eghes Eyieyien Nigeria’s AMCON is gravely distressed! With total liabilities of N5.69 trillion (bonds issued is N4.18 trillion), a…
Okonjo-Iweala denies blocking oil subsidy payments
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted media reports which alleged that her ministry was blocking verified payments…
Why Unemployment Is High — Ex-CBN Chief
A former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Titus Okunronmu, on Monday attributed the high unemployment rate…
A Governor, Three Ministers And Their Burden
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, created a media firestorm last week when…
Nigerian Court Dismisses $12.5B Oil Windfall Suit
Justice Gabriel Kolawole on Thursday finally delivered the much awaited judgment on the controversial $12.5 billion oil windfall recorded by…
N5000: Senate panel’s order to CBN triggers debate
Nigerians on Monday expressed mixed feelings over the directive of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions…
Nigeria’s CBN keeps more reserves in Chinese Yuan
To boost bilateral trade between Nigeria and China, Nigeria’s central bank has added the equivalent of $500 million in Chinese…
Nigeria Not Broke —Sanusi
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said yesterday in Abuja that Nigeria as…
Senate To Unravel Sharp Practice In Fuel Subsidy
Chairman, Senate Joint Committee investigating the management of the fuel subsidy scheme, Senator Magnus Abe, says the committee is determined…
Mystery Surrounds Bookshop House Fire –Witness
The cause of the fire that gutted some floors of the 14-storey Bookshop House on Lagos Island has remained a…
NLC Slams CBN Over Failed Banks
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN cannot absolve itself of blame over…
Islamic Banking: Plot To Islamise Nigeria —Oritsejafor
National President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor says the proposed Islamic Banking is an attempt to Islamise…
3 Months To CBN Deadline: Union Bank Shops For N282b
Barely three months to the 30 September deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the eight banks…
CBN Open: Mbanu Shocks Lawal
More upsets were recorded at the ongoing 33rd Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Open Tennis Championship taking place at the…
I Had Sweet Revenge Over Aiyegbusi —Akingbade
Nobody gave unseeded, Ronke Akingbade, a chance but after seeing off second seed, Aanu Aiyegbusi, at the on going 33rd…
CBN Open Good For Me — Idoko
Nigerian junior tennis player, Emmanuel Idoko, says the timing of the 33rd Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Open Tennis Championship…
CBN Open: Main Draws Serve Off
The Main Draws of the 33rd Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Open Tennis Championship served off today at the National…