Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was on Friday, arraigned at the federal capital territory high court in Abuja. TheCable reports that Emefiele was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on procurement fraud. He pleaded not guilty and was 5 remanded at the Kuje correctional facility pending ruling on his…
A new association for legal practitioners in Nigeria, known as, Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) has been established. The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), founded in 1933, had been the only professional body regulating legal practitioners in Nigeria. The new association, according to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is led by Kunle Ogunba,…
The federal government said it would prosecute Daily Trust Newspaper for falsehood and inciting journalism capable of causing disaffection. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at a joint briefing with the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Abubakar Bagudu to shed light on the Samoa Agreement….
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that the preliminary number of registered voters in Nigeria is 93.5 million. Yakubu made the disclosure on Wednesday at the third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja. Yakubu, said after cleaning up the voter data using the automated biometric identification…
The Federal has declared Monday, June 13, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which comes up on June 12. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. M. L. Shuaib Belgore. He congratulated Nigerians and urged…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks and other financial institutions to deposit unclaimed balances and funds in dormant accounts to the apex bank accounts. CBN also issued regulatory guidelines for account owners and beneficial owners to recover their funds dormant for up to 10 years. The apex bank outlined the regulations…
