Meanwhile, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, yesterday, called on the apex bank to prioritize achieving low interest rate over maintaining high monetary policy rate (MPR).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has prescribed 26 sanctions, which includes payment of fines against  banks that flout  the  Nigerian Bankers Clearing System (NBCS) rules.

Apple — the culture-changing company behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad — hit another milestone on Thursday, becoming the first private-sector company to surpass $1 trillion in market value.

Mind you, in order to realize this vision, Nigeria needs a great leader which I have offered myself. I’m determine leave a legacy on the sand of time. Principally,all the factors or traces of leadership shall be found in my administration should the wishes of Nigerians prevail. I am a convert to the view of strong courage of moving the country from where we are to where we can all leave in peace no matter the religion, ethnicity, God knows why he brought the diverse people together.

The eight assemblymen were purportedly aggrieved over an alleged misappropriation of N54 billion by the Ortom government. According to them, of this amount, N22 billion was embezzled as security vote, while N32 billion was taken from funds belonging to the local governments while months of workers’ salaries remain unpaid. They served a seven-day impeachment notice on the Governor.

Ollie Schniederjans eagled the closing hole on Thursday to take a three-point lead in the PGA Tour Barracuda Championship in Nevada, played using the Modified Stableford scoring system.

IBADAN—THINGS appear to be falling apart within the camp of the new kings installed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State as one of them, the Ekerin Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abiodun Kola-Daisi, made a sudden u-turn on the decision of the monarchs to suspend the local government allowances of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji.

Now that the season of migration is on us, we have seen how the dry harvest in the last three years is forcing politicians to seek pasture in fields they hope there will be enough greenery for them to partake of and dispense as is usual in the business of governance.

SOME residents of the Greek holiday resort of Mati in the Rafina region might have thought what they were experiencing on July 24 was the fulfillment of the Biblical pronouncement that God will no longer destroy the world with water, but with fire next time.

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday dismissed what he called the “unverified fake results” of the election which handed victory to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.