Archives for August 18, 2021
Nigeria receives 699,760 doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca
L-R: Country Rep. WHO, Mr. Walter Mulombo; Country Lead, AstraZeneca Nigeria, Mr. Morris Nyarko; Acting British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Grill Atkinson, and ED/CEO, National Primary Health…
CBN Set to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Other Financial Institutions
CBN Governor, Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday moved to strengthen cyber resilience of Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) under its regulation in order to ensure that they…
Nigeria Inflation Drops to 17.38% In July –NBS
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---Just as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) predicted, inflation for the fourth time, consecutively, plunged downward to settle at per cent (year- on- year) in July,…
Naira Abuse: Offenders Risk Six Months Imprisonment — CBN
Emefiele By Ngozi Onyeakusi ---The Central bank of Nigeria has warned that that abusers of the naira at social events risk imprisonment or an imposition of fine.…
FG owes CBN N15.51tn, borrows N14.86tn under Buhari
President Buhari The Federal Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances has ballooned to , rising by 2,286 per…
Court freezes accounts of forex trading platforms
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday frozen the bank accounts of some investment and trading platforms that Nigerians have been using to transact Ahmed Mohammed made the order…
CBN Rolls Out Framework Against Cyber Attack
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday released a framework to protect Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) against cyber-attack. This was contained in a memo issued by Nkiru Asiegbu, CBN’s…
Lagos, Ondo to Exploit Nearness to Sea for Economic Development
Two littoral states, Lagos and Ondo, have concluded plans to take advantage of their nearness to sea to grow their economies. Speaking at the just concluded 2021 Mission to…
ENJOYING BANKING CONVENIENCE WITH FIRSTBANK’S FIRSTMOBILE
First Bank building As the world is evolving digitally, Nigerian banks are currently looking for ways to make the banking experience better and FirstBank is not an exception…