The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fired another 40 employees.The majority of the newly laid-off employees were from the development finance department. The disengaged employees received their dismissal letters on Friday. Musa Zgabawa Bulus, an Assistant Director of the CBN in charge of the National Collateral Registry (NCR), is among those sacked. Deputy directors…
The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has threatened to seal supermarkets and grocery stores that do not have price tags on their items. The threat was issued in a statement titled, “Non-disclosure of Price Tags: LASCOPA Warns Supermarkets, Grocery Stores”, and published on the Lagos State government’s website on Saturday. LASCOPA said the warning…
Global food prices rose for the first time in seven months in March, with a dramatic increase in prices for vegetable oil setting the pace, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. The FAO said its broad Food Price Index had climbed 1.1 percent in March compared to a month earlier….
Omo Agege canvases for Tinubu s administration, The Immediate-past Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Saturday night boasted that President Bola Tinubu would serve two terms in office and would turn the fortunes of the country better. Omo-Agege gave the assurances in Ughelli during the homecoming reception organised for him by the leadership…
Nubi was welcomed at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border by Toke Benson-Awoyinka, the Lagos Commissioner of Tourism, Arts, and Culture and Idris Aregbe, the Special Adviser on Tourism, Arts, and Culture to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Her road manifest from the UK took her through France and Spain into Africa through Morocco.It indicates that she drove across…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three qualified Nigerians to serve on the management team of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) two days after signing the Student Loan Amendment Bill into law, According to a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, the new appointments was in line with President Tinubu’s determination…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has urged Nigerians to stay well-hydrated and avoid strenuous physical activities, especially during the peak hours between 12 noon and 4pm . NiMet, while giving this advice in its Weather Report released in Abuja on Saturday, also urged Nigerians to wear shades and hats when outdoors. NiMet stated that the advice…
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national emergency on drug abuse following calls on his government to crack down on the rising use of a cheap and sometimes deadly synthetic drug known as kush.The highly addictive mix of marijuana, tentanyl and tramadol has caused hundreds of deaths and psychiatrically damaged scores of…
The special investigator appointed by President Tinubu to probe the CBN under Godwin Emefiele’s leadership has submitted his report. President Bola Tinubu on Friday, commended Jim Obazee, former Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), as he concludes investigations into the activities of the some federal government institutions, including the Central…
The Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, restate that the federal government’s commitment to continue to subsidise electricity for Nigerians in order to guarantee stable and reliable supply. Adelabu said this Friday in Abuja at the Ministerial Press Briefing Series organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation while giving explanations on the April…
