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States and local government councils in the South West are putting in place structures to ensure financial autonomy for the third tier of government in line with the directive by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) across South West andContinue Reading

Google on Sunday celebrated Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta with its Doodle on what would have been her 75th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures.Continue Reading

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised banks and other financial institutions in the country to be transparent in their dealings in order to build customers’ confidence. Mr Kofo Salam-Alada, the Director, Consumer Protection Department of CBN gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading

A Financial Expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke has advised the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis points. Uwaleke gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday ahead of theContinue Reading

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta are to be given Niger Delta Leadership Awards 2018 by Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper, a multi-media organisation. The award ceremony will hold at Transcorp Hotel in Abuja on Aug. 8. Mr Jacob Abai, the Publisher of the newspaper, said in LagosContinue Reading

The management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it has issued suspension and disconnection orders to Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) from the electricity market. The suspension order  was posted on  TCN’s twitter handle @TCN_Nigeria on Sunday. According to the twitter handle,  the suspension order was as result ofContinue Reading

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it recorded a trade surplus of N6.33 billon for the month of May, 13 per cent higher than the N5.60 billion surplus made  in April . The corporation disclosed this in its Monthly and Operations report (MFOR) released on Sunday in Abuja ItContinue Reading