Archives for January 19, 2021
NG Clearing Ltd Acquires Clearing, Settlement Technology
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---- Following the receipt of an approval in principle from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 2020, to clear and settle exchange traded derivatives instruments, Nigeria’s…
US will not lift travel bans, despite Trump statement ― Biden team
US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travellers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted, underlining the fractious…
GTB Employee Bags 7 Years Jail Term Over N50m Fraud
A former Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) employee, Onyekachi Nwosu has been convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Enugu over N50 million fraud. Presiding…
Akeredolu orders herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves
Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday ordered herdsmen to vacate all forest reserves in the state within the next seven days. The governor, who made the proclamation via Twitter,…
COVID-19: Public Schools Don’t Have Capacity To Observe Laid Down Protocols
A Member of the House Committee On Basic Education, Hon Awaji-Inombek Abiante has said that public schools don’t have the capacity to observe the COVID-19 protocols laid down by the…
COVID-19 Second Wave: Governors To Meet Over School Re-Open
By Ngozi Onyeakusi----- The Nigerian Governors Forum on Monday said it will meet on Wednesday to chart a way out of the second wave of the pandemic as schools reopen…
Ezinne Maria Ebi’s Burial Holds January 29, 2021
The Matriarch of the Ebi family; Ezinne Maria Eriaba Ebi will on Friday January 29, 2021 be laid to rest at Urualla in Ideato North Local Government Area (LGA) of…
300,000 MT of Maize for Release February—CBN
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---About 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are soon to be released into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank…