FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has added further spice to the ongoing Anambra State gubernatorial elections by claiming that he was one of the prominent Igbo leaders who facilitated the release of Nnamdi Kanu in 2017.
Anambrans go to the polls to elect a new governor on November 6 and...
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have revealed that the country is spending as much as $2bn in wheat imports annually which is having a significant impact in the nation's foreign reserves.
According to the CBN, wheat is the second highest cost on Nigeria's food import bill as 5m tonnes are purchased yearly. Speaking...
NORTHERN socio-cultural group the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has expelled its speaker Mohammed Salihu Danlami for criticising the economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele.
Seen as a pressure group that supports the Buhari administration, AYA has launched attacks...
OVER 50 Nigerian investigators and prosecutors have been trained by the USA authorities to tackle the growing menace of cryptocurrency-enabled organised crime according to a recent update from the US Department of Justice (USJD).
According to the USJ, the training, which was held virtually, focused on enhancing the capacity...
FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has suffered a major setback in his quest to become the next Anambra State governor after an Owerri high court ruled that his opponent Chukwuma Umeoji was the authentic candidate of his party.
Anambrans go to the polls on November 6 to elect a new...
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have invited the nation's security forces to help it enforce the ban on the spraying of naira which it has declared as illegal saying it an unpatriotic act of showing disrespect for country's legal tender.
In 2018, CBN's bankers committee introduced a fine of N50,000 as the punishment...
FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo has been reinstated as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State after securing a favourable ruling in an Awka high court today.
Anambrans go to the polls on November 6 to elect a new governor and with Apga being...
FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo looks like he will miss out on his quest to become Anambra State governor after the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) omitted his name from the list of cleared candidates.
Professor Soludo, 60, an economics academic, was the CBN chairman...
NIGERIA'S senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari's N2.34trn ($5.68bn) loan request to help fund the 2021 budget in recognition of the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible for the government to generate revenue itself.
Effectively a mono-economy, Nigeria is wholly dependent on the receipt of...
FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo is in poll position to become the next Anambra State governor after he clinched the gubernatorial ticket of his party the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga).
Professor Soludo, 60, an economics academic, was the CBN chairman between 2004 and 2009,...
