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AMCON battling 3,000 court cases, restraining orders to sell off debtors’ N3.6trn assets — MD

With over 3,000 cases in court, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has restraining orders from the courts not to sell assets...

Breaking: Pres. Tinubu nominates Yemi Cardoso as new CBN Governor

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr Olayemi Michael Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Cardoso is a...

How Acting CBN Gov. Shonubi masterminded controversial Naira redesign

Contrary to Nigerians’ belief that the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, formulated the Naira redesign policy, it has been discovered that the Deputy...

Nigeria will soon be the toast of Africa’s aviation — Keyamo

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, says the Federal Government plans to revamp the aviation industry and make Nigeria the...

Updated: CBN Deputy Gov. Obiora released after Special Investigators’ questioning

The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in charge of Economic Policy, Dr Kingsley Obiora, has been released after his...

CBN Deputy Gov. Obiora not arrested by DSS, under interrogation for clarifications by Obazee Panel – PSN investigation

“Two other Deputy Governors – Mrs Aishah Ahmad and Mr Edward L. Adamu are being interrogated by the panel’’ Contrary to reports, the...

Punch Got It Wrong On NNPC And $3 Billion Loan by Tajudeen Suleiman

In its editorial of Friday August 25 that read more like a diatribe against President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...

N6.9bn procurement fraud: FG to arraign Emefiele, accomplices on Thursday

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and his accomplices will be arraigned for N6.9 billion procurement fraud...

Breaking: Nigeria’s inflation accelerates to 24.08%, the highest in a decade

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released for July 2023, on Tuesday, disclosed that inflation rate...

CBN gets  Pres.Tinubu’s marching order to reverse Naira slide against other currencies 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government appear set to reverse the free fall of the Naira. To this end,...

We’ll declare indefinite nationwide strike if petrol price rises above N617, NLC threatens

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to declare a nationwide strike if there is a further hike in the pump price of...

Coup: ECOWAS, in a volte-face, announces sanctions, dumps military action against Niger

In a volte-face, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has given up on applying military force to reverse the coup in...

Pres. Tinubu appoints special investigator to probe CBN under Emefiele

A Special Investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and related entities by President Bola Tinubu. In a letter dated July...

Tinubu govt.to revert to a CBN-controlled exchange rate system – EIU

The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted in its latest report that the Bola Tinubu administration will soon revert to the regime where...

Just in: CBN raises interest rate to 18.75 percent

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday increased the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 18.75 per cent from 18.5...