By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Monday released two New Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) savings bond offers for subscription. According to the DMO, the first offer is a two-year FGN savings bond due in Nov.15, 2025 at interest rate of 12.464 Per cent per annum. TheContinue Reading
By Okon Okon The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, says the Federal Government is committed to fair, transparent and accountable electoral system as foundation of democracy in the country. Akume stated this while inaugurating the stakeholders’ Roundtable on Policy Oversight for Electoral Integrity inContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on army Commanders and troops not to let Nigeria down in the on-going efforts to tackle security challenges. Musa made the call on Monday in Abuja at the Army Headquarters Operations Centre after receiving briefs on engagementsContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Training Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Sani Mohammed, says violent extremism requires holistic approach involving both kinetic and non-kinetic means to address. Mohammed said this at the inauguration of `Countering Violent Extremism Course 3/2023’ at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre (MLAILPCK), onContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The UNDP says Nigeria is making huge efforts in partnership with relevant stakeholders to substantially reduce violent extremism in the country. The UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Mr Lealem Dinku, said on Monday, that Nigeria has been confronting the problem for 14 years and working to address it.Continue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France, on Monday, said it would develop a platform, through its e-rights project, where incidences of digital rights violation can be reported and tracked in order to have verifiable statistics in Nigeria. Angela Uzoma-Iwuchukwu, the Country Director, ASF France, also known as LawyersContinue Reading
By Razak Owolabi The United Kingdom-based leadership development organisation TEXEM UK has urged business and political leaders in Nigeria to be strategic to effectively transform the society In a statement on TEXEM’s website (www.texem.co.uk), Caroline Lucas, Director of Special Projects, says that in today’s swiftly evolving glocal (global and local)Continue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo The Coalition for Social Justice and Good Governance (CSJGG) has called on the President of the Court of Appeal to set up a panel to review the judgment in the Abia Central Senatorial seat dispute. The Co-Convener of the coalition, Mr Ciroma Ahmed, made the call inContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has reiterated that his leadership would focus mainly on the core mandate of price stability. According to a statement from the CBN, Cardoso disclosed this recently, while playing host to the Impact Investing Community. The NewsContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman TAJBank Limited, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing non-interest banks, has won the BusinessDay “Islamic Bank of the Year Award” for third consecutive time. This is according to a statement by TAJBank’s Managing Director, Mr Hamid Joda. The award was presented to the Bank’s management, represented by its RegionalContinue Reading
