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JUST IN: Old naira: IMF asks FG, CBN to extend February 10 deadline

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the extension of the February 10 deadline to phase out the old…

3 years ago

Cash crunch: Protesters defy police in Abeokuta, make bonfires on major roads

Residents of Abeokuta, Ogun State, took to the streets on Tuesday protesting the scarcity of cash and the attendant pains.…

3 years ago

Court frees Diezani associate Omokore of $1.6bn fraud

An Abuja federal high court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted Jide Omokore, chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited,…

3 years ago

FG raises N742.56bn Sukuk fund for road projects

The Federal Government, through Debt Management Office (DMO), has raised N742.56 billion via Sovereign Sukuk for the construction and rehabilitation…

3 years ago

Naira redesign hardships: We’ll reconvene before elections if… – Gbajabiamila

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the House would have no option but to…

3 years ago

Osinbajo picks holes in naira redesign policy, says scarcity of notes ‘is disturbing’

Osinbajo on Friday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to engage financial technology companies (fintechs) as well as mobile…

3 years ago

Senate gives Aregbesola 24hrs to defend N700m collected to monitor Edo, Ondo elections

THE Senate has given the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola twenty- four hours ultimatum to appear before it and…

3 years ago

Obi to Nigerians: Currency redesign has socio-economic benefits, bear with FG, CBN

Labour Party president candidate and former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to bear with the…

3 years ago

2023 Hajj: NAHCON distributes slots to 36 states, FCT, others

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria said it had distributed the 2023 Hajj allocations to the 36 State Pilgrims Welfare…

3 years ago

FRSC promotes Olagunju, Kibo DCM, retires them, 3,628 others elevated

Two frontline officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Kayode Olagunju, and Peter Kibo, have been elevated to the rank…

3 years ago