The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for better understanding and regulation of cryptocurrencies. The Director General, Lamido Yuguda, stated this at the 2021 first post-Capital Market Committee (CMC) virtual news conference. Yuguda said the SEC was in discussion with the CBN to understand better…
A few days ago, a post on the Anambra State Government House under construction appeared on my timeline. The mind-boggling cost of the Governor’s official residence put at over six billion naira (N6b) immediately made my mind race to Ayi Kwei Armah’s seminal offering, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born. The race wasn’t so…
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to vote for him to save the country from collapse. Speaking at a rally on Monday at the Ranchers Bees Stadium, Kaduna, Atiku said Nigerians cannot afford to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 again because…
Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has finally opened up on the huge debt profile of the state, disclosing that his predecessor, Nasir El- Rufai, left a crippling debt burden that is crippling his administration. Speaking on Saturday at a Town Hall Meeting, tagged: “The State of Kaduna state”, Sani said the situation is such…
The Kaduna state government has appealed to the Nigerian Army to deploy more troops to the state to boost the ongoing operations against bandits and kidnappers. A government house statement said the deputy governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, made the called on Wednesday when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Farouk…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a report on it by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee,…
