Emefiele, CBN and Our Future By Reuben Abati
At some point later today, January 24, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is bound to be back in the news as the CBN’s monetary policy committee (MPC) concludes its 289th meeting and offers its position on the future direction of the country’s macro-economic environment. Would the CBN adopt a further […]
CBN Raises Interest Rate To 17.5%, Insists On January 31 Deadline For Old Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, from 16.5 percent to 17.5 percent to rein in inflation “aggressively”. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this after the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The MPC raised the monetary policy rate […]
Buhari Asks Senate To Confirm Arase As Chairman Police Commission
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Solomon Arase as the chairman of the Police Service Commission(PSC). In letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, dated January 20, 2023 and personally signed by President Buhari, he said said the nomination of Arase for confirmation was in accordance with the provision of Section […]
Sack Festus Keyamo, PDP PCC Tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his state labour and employment minister, Festus Keyamo. The council made the requests at a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday. Speaking at the briefing , Daniel Bwala , spokesperson of the campaign said Keyamo is using his position as […]
Festus Keyamo Sues CCB, ICPC, Demands Prosecution of Atiku
The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has instituted a suit before a federal high court in Abuja seeking to compel law enforcement agencies to prosecute Atiku Abubakar. The APC presidential campaign council had earlier asked law enforcement agencies to arrest Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, based on an […]
100 days: ValueJet to expand operations, plans to acquire more aircraft
Nigerian start-up airline, ValueJet has concluded plans to begin flight services to Jos, even as the carrier is keeping an eye on some other routes it plans to service.The carrier has also unveiled its expansions plans that would see it spread its wings to other key destinations. Consequently, ValueJet is working on how to cut […]
Popular Actor, Papa Ajasco is Dead
Popular Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, popularly known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on […]
My Battle With A Rare Disease- Peace Anyiam-sigwe
By Peace Anyiam-Osigwe On her Birthday in 2021, celebrated AMAA Founder, Poet, Script Writer, Filmmaker, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, MFR, gave an inkling, in writing, into the disease which finally, perhaps, took her life. Titled “God’s Tattooed Tattoo”, she wrote on her courageous over 10-year struggle with the ill-health. She passed away on January 9, 2023 […]
Atiku Returns To Nigeria After UK Meeting
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has returned to Nigeria after spending some days in the United Kingdom. His arrival was announced by his media adviser, Paul Ibe on Friday morning Ibe said Atiku returned to the country on Thursday night. According to the presidential campaign council, Atiku traveled to […]
US Hospital Names Dora Akunyili’s Daughter As Chief Medical Director
Ijeoma, the daughter of former director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) an ex minister of information, Dora Akuniyil has been announced as the new chief medical director of The Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas health facility in the United States. The medical centre announced this in […]
