The Ghanaian government says it will issue visa on arrival for travellers entering the country from December 22, 2022 to January 15, 2023. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the country’s transport minister, made this known in a circular issued on Thursday and addressed to all airlines. According to Asiamah, the move is ...
There was a power play at the National Assembly on Friday between members of the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity over a bill to repeal and re-enact the National Information Technology Development Agency. The bill seeks, among others, to empower NITDA to fix licensing ...
There is an ongoing plan to stop cash payments from the accounts of all the three levels of government across NNigeria, an official has said. This is part of a renewed effort to enforce the anti-money laundering law and the new currency policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). ...
This was after Okupe announced on Tuesday that he was stepping down from the role following a judgment of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that convicted him of violating the Money Laundering Act. In a letter addressed to the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the ex-aide of ...
THERE was mild drama yesterday in the Senate as the absence of President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan and his deputy, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege over delayed plenary session, thereby heightening tension among the Senators. Trouble started yesterday when Senators were already at the door floor, the new chamber in ...
The house of representatives committee on national security and intelligence has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for “effective” intelligence service. Sha’aban Sharada, chairman of the committee, spoke on Tuesday when he led members of the committee to an oversight function at the DSS headquarters, in Abuja. The lawmaker ...
Cui Jianchun and President Muhammadu Buhari China is concerned that Nigerians, many living below the poverty line, continue to grapple with grinding penury.“We have lifted more than 700 million people out of poverty in China, and in Nigeria, there are 200 million with 100 million living below the poverty line,” ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has arrested and detained Afro Pop maestro, Oladapo Oyebanji popularly known as D’banj, over alleged fund diversion of millions of N-Power funds in collaboration with some government officials The PUNCH reports. He is currently detained at the ICPC Headquarters, Federal Capital ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that the eNaira application has so far recorded a total digital transaction valued at about N8 billion as at the end of October, 2022. Recall that the eNaira was launched on the 25th of October, 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari, under the ...
On October 26, 2022, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele announced that the CBN would issue the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, effective December 15, 2022. In kicking against the policy the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed claimed that she was not consulted ...
