Friday, 29 March, 2024

Category: Business


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the payment of pension to former governors and their deputies as outrageous and a daylight robbery, just as he commended Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for repealing the law backing pension payment for Read more…


Following reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs, foreign airlines, yesterday, questioned the claim. President of Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria, AFARN, Mr Kingsley Nwokeoma, who spoke to Vanguard, Read more…


Abia Governor Alex Otti has assented to the Abia Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Law of 2024 passed by the Assembly. The Governor who explained that the Bill is an Executive Bill, thanked the Assembly for expeditiously passing it. Read more…


The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have underscored the need to put the creation of state police on the front burner during the ongoing alteration of the 1999 Constitution initiated by the National Read more…


Shyngle Wigwe, the father of deceased Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe, has explained why well-wishers and loved ones of the ex-bank boss shouldn’t cry over his death. Mr. Wigwe said this while receiving leaders of the Ohaneze Ndi’Igbo, emphasizing that Read more…


If Kiev wins, Washington and its allies will be rewarded for their military aid with Russian natural resources, Ukraine’s former infrastructure minister, Vladimir Omelyan, has told Politico. The proposal came in response to rumors that the US might convert its Read more…


Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu over the state of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region particularly roads and railway projects, which he, pointed out, had been planned but abandoned. However, Read more…


The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that it has successfully cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs, effectively eliminating a legacy burden. This accomplishment fulfills a commitment made by CBN Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, who vowed to address an inherited Read more…


No fewer than 165 farmers have lost their lives to attacks by bandits, who have hindered access to farms across the country, findings by The PUNCH have shown. Farmers in Benue, Sokoto, Niger, Plateau, and other states, in separate interviews with Read more…


In move to curb excessive spending and reduce the cost of governance, the Abia State House of Assembly has passed a groundbreaking bill that repeals the pensions and other entitlements of former governors and deputy governors. The bill, sponsored by Read more…


Nineteen directors at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are set to be dismissed in the coming days, following the recent termination of seven directors last Friday. While two of the terminated directors have accepted their fate, the other five Read more…


The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said he initially declined to construct a road in Okpoko community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state because the House of Representatives member representing the area, Noble Igwe, was in Read more…