Senate rubbishes allegations against Emefiele, approves second tenure for him

By Martin Odiete The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions on Wednesday rubbishes several allegations leveled against the current Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, saying

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Senate Orders Shutdown of Bet9ja if………

The Nigeria Senate has ordered the sealing up of Bet9ja office if they refuse for the second time to appear before them. This was explicitly disclosed by the Chairman of

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Okowa intervains in the face-off between Chevron, Ijaw community

The Delta State Government has waded into the ongoing face-off between the Polobubo (Tsekelewu) community in Warri North Local Government Area of the state and Chevron Nigeria Limited. The state

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North Korea gives U.S. ultimatum to release coal ship seized

North Korea on Tuesday demanded the release of a cargo ship seized by the U.S. on suspicion of breaching UN and U.S. sanctions, the official Yonhap news agency cited Pyongyang

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CBN: Despite protest, Senate begins screening of Emefiele’s nomination

The Senate on Tuesday began screening on the renewal of the appointment of Godwin Emefiele, as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a second term in office.

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Report: Bayelsa, Taraba, Eboyi, Adamawa top list of states with poor IGR in Nigeria

The Economic Confidential has released the Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) which shows that seventeen (17) States are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2018 were far below

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Crisis management: Sri Lanka suspends social media

Government Officials on Monday said, some social media networks will be temporarily blocked in Sri Lanka, after messages shared online raised religious tensions that have been running high since the

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CBN defends Emefiele leaked audio, insists no ‘missing N500bn’

By Martin Odiete Sequel to the effect of the widely reported leaked audio where the Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emewfiele and other senior officials were heard discussing discrepancies in

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Emefiele re-appointment would stabilize Nigeria’s macro-economic decisions- Ex-CBN director says

A former Director of the Budgetary Department of the CBN, Dr Titus Okunronmu, has said that the re-appointment Godwin Emefiele as governor of the apex bank would stabilize Nigeria’s macro-economic

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Foreign Affairs minister set to play host to President of UN General Assembly

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama will this Tuesday play host to the visiting President of the United Nations General Assembly, Her Excellence, Ms María Espinosa at his office

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