Northern Patriots Urge Buhari To Disregard Calls For Sack of Emefiele Over Naira Redesign
… Wants CBN To Make Redesigned Naira notes Expirable On Given Date An amalgamation of patriots in Northern Nigeria under the aegis of Coalition Of Northern Patriots For National Reorientation has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore calls for…
Nigeria Poverty Index: PROMAD Blames Governments’ Budgets Without Needs Assessment For Nigeria’s Poverty
PROMAD Foundation, an Abuja-based civic-tech non-profit organisation, has said that the practice of making the government annual budget without quality needs assessment to harness citizens’ voices is responsible for the high poverty rate in the country. This was made known…
Scope Ratings Publishes 1st Sovereign Credit Rating In Africa
Scope Ratings, the European credit rating agency, has published its first sovereign credit rating of Africa, with a credit assessment of the Republic of South Africa (rated BB+ with Stable Outlook). “The rating of South Africa marks Scope’s first public…
FIRS Opens 25 New Satellite Tax Offices Across Nigeria
… Officially Launches, Micro And Small Tax Office, Epe, Lagos The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has announced the opening of 25 new Tax Offices across the country. According to a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Executive…
HURIWA Asks FG To Remove Outrageous Excise Duty, Declare National Economic Emergency On Rising Food Prices
…Says Nigerian Economy Crumbling Under Buhari …Faults CBN’s Naira Redesign As Contributory Factor Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Wednesday, asked the Federal Government to remove multiple taxation and the 10 per cent…
Lagos Lawmakers Summon State’s Top Officials Over Demolition Plot As 2023 Appropriation Bill Scales Second Reading
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have read for the second time the Appropriation Bill for 2023 presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently. With the Bill scaling the second reading, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru…
In Ambush of Vote Buyers, Ransom Takers, CBN Voids Naira Notes by End of January
In an apparent move to tackle vote-buying and control the amount of money in circulation, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced a redesign of the currency in the variation of N200, N500 and N1,000. But, according to report…
AAC Presidential Candidate, Sowore Wants CBN Governor Emefiele Sacked Over Redesign Of N200, N500, and N1,000 N1000 Banknotes
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has called for the sacking of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over the redesign of banknotes. The apex bank earlier said it would…
CBN Gives Reasons for Redesign of N200, N500 And N1,000 Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this during a special press briefing in Abuja. The new design and issues will be effective from…
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns Amid Budget and Market Turmoil
Liz Truss has become Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister ever, after announcing her resignation just six weeks into what has been described as a disastrous term that pitched Britain deep into political and economic turmoil. The UK Prime Minister had before…
Atiku Promises To Restore Peace, Reactivate All Moribund Industries In Kaduna
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, vowed to restore peace and reactivate dying factories in Kaduna State, if he emerges president of Nigeria in 2023. He also promised to rehabilitate the roads linking Kaduna and…
