The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated financial institutions to obtain the social media handles of customers for the purpose of identification. The directive is contained in a new CBN customer regulation, which is aimed at further strengthening the identification process in the banking system. The bankers’ bank also in the diligence regulations mandated…
The BET Awards 2023, lit up as it has always do, the full list of nominees and winners are some of the very best globally. while Nigeria’s BurnaBoy claim best international act, many stars also lit up the occasion. The event brings together the brightest stars from the industry to pay tribute to exceptional accomplishments…
The 2023 Club World Cup will take place in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, soccer’s world governing body FIFA said yesterday. The decision was made following a FIFA delegation visit to Jeddah last week to assess ongoing preparations for the tournament. “We are delighted that Jeddah, with its state-of-the-art facilities and reputation for hosting major…
The World Bank Group has approved a loan of $500m to help Nigeria drive women’s empowerment This became the second loan approved by the World Bank under the new President, Bola Tinubu. It is a scale-up financing for Nigeria for Women Programme, which was initially approved on June 27, 2018, with $100m financing. A statement…
A lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, has said Nigeria is losing a huge amount of money for its failure to export human faeces, cockroaches, as well as, scorpions to foreign countries. The lecturer noted that the American government gets $3.5 billion every year because it is used to protect…
The corpses of three medical students who went missing when the boat conveying them to a destination crashed in the Calabar area of Cross River State have been recovered. The corpses consist of two male and female students. The state Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, confirmed the development on Monday, adding that “The three corpses…
The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Cooperatives and Empowerment, Mrs Kehinde Odediran has made it known that Imole free train service will not be able hold for this year Ileya festival due to a train accident that occurred around Lagos – Abeokuta old guage line. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary…
A Magistrate Court situated at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered the remand of skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinityguy, in prison over allegation of s&xualising minor in his viral skit video. It had been reported earlier that the skit maker was on Friday, June 23, quizzed by the skit maker…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has named his mentor Pep Guardiola as the best manager in the world. Arteta worked as Guardiola’s assistant for three seasons at Manchester City before he took the job with the Gunners. This year, both Spaniards went head-to-head in the Premier League title race. Although Arsenal led the way for over…
Al-Hilal is set to announce the signing of a globally-famous star that “will be the talk of the world” next week according to a popular Saudi Arabian journalist, who added that the identity of the player would become clear by the mere mention of his nationality alone. Khaled Waleed also tweeting that this is the…
