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CBN Grants National Licences To Opay, Moniepoint And Other Fintechs

The Central Bank of Nigeria has upgraded the operating licences of several leading financial technology firms and microfinance banks to national status, formally authorising...

Soludo Shuts Onitsha Main Market For A Week Over Sit-at-Home Defiance

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered the Onitsha Main Market to be closed for one week after traders refused to ignore the...

NLC, FCTA Workers Stage Protest At Industrial Court

Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, backed by the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Monday picketed the National Industrial Court in Abuja as part...

2026 UTME Registration Opens As JAMB Withdraws Special Concessions For Albino Candidates

As registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination begins today, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has withdrawn the special concession and registration...

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CBN Holds Interest Rate At 26.5% As MPC Cites Global Risks And Inflation Concerns

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the country’s benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), at 26.5 per cent, following the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso, who announced the committee’s decision on Tuesday, said the move reflected the...

144 Migrants Dead Or Missing Off Mauritania’s Coast, UN Says

The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that 144 migrants are dead or missing after attempting to reach Europe via the waters off Mauritania, following three separate rescue operations carried out between July 14 and 18. The heaviest toll came from a single boat that departed Bufaloto, Gambia,...

ECOWAS Demands Release Of Detained Opposition Leader In Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on Guinea-Bissau's military-led government to unconditionally free all detained political figures, including opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, according to a statement issued after a summit of regional heads of state in Sierra Leone. Freeing the political prisoners would...