E-payments: CBN introduces higher fines for errant banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday released regulation for electronic payments and collections for public and private sectors in the country. The  regulation is a revision of the…
Millions of Nigerians are in hardship, sick, helpless because of corruption – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that corruption was the major factor responsible for the suffering of millions of Nigerians. Buhari added that corruption at all levels was the biggest…
Mugabe polarises Zimbabwe in death as well as in life
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe is proving as polarizing in death as he was in life, with a fight over where he will be buried threatening to embarrass his successor and…
Fish out killers of Ondo varsity lecturer, ASUU demands
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the police and other security agencies to fish out those behind the killing of Prof. Gideon Okedayo, found dead in…
Court orders final forfeiture of Diezani’s jewelleries worth $40m
A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has granted a final forfeiture to the Federal Government, the $40m worth of jewellries seized from the premises of the former minister of…
Ashura: Ban on procession applicable only to IMN members – IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said that the ban on procession placed by the Force is only binding on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria….
Huawei drops lawsuit against U.S. over seized equipment – court filing
China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has dropped a lawsuit against the U.S. government after Washington released telecommunications equipment it had seized on suspicion of violations of export controls, according to…
NSEMA confirm attack on Niger village by bandits
The Niger state Emergency Management Agency says Armed bandits numbering about two hundred have overrun Kokoki village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, sacking the people from their…
NAFDAC advises traditional medical practitioners to register products
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Gombe on Tuesday called on traditional medical practitioners to register with the Agency to avoid selling unsafe medicine…
New minimum wage: FG, labour again reschedule negotiation date, to meet Sept. 16
Negotiation between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on the new minimum wage has again rescheduled for Sept. 16. Recall that the last negotiation…