NDIC commences payment to depositors of 154 failed MFBs
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it had commenced payment to depositors of 154 Micro Finance Banks (MFBs) that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked their licenses in 2018 due to insolvency. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, Managing Director, NDIC, said this at the Corporation’s day at the ongoing 14th edition of Abuja International Trade […]
Groups clash over NDDC appointments
By Dirisu Yakubu, PortHarcourt The last is yet to be heard of the unrest trailing the new appointments into the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as two opposing groups staged protests in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital recently. The groups carrying placards with varying inscriptions led and by Johnson Amachree, Amadi […]
Tijjani wants Nigeria-Korea model school replicated in 6 geo-political zones
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has appealed to the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to replicate the Nigeria-Korea Model School Abuja in the six geo-political zones across the federation. The Minister, who was represented by the Acting Secretary, FCT Education Secretariat, Malam Umar Marafa, made the appeal at the closing ceremony […]
UK to repatriate 16,000 people on fourth day of Thomas Cook collapse
Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said more than 70 flights were scheduled for Thursday to bring back 16,000 people to the country following the collapse of Thomas Cook.
About 30 killed in landslide at Chad gold mine
Chad’s Defence Minister, Mahamat Sala, on Thursday said that a landslide at an illegal gold mine has killed about 30 people in the country.
Tsitsipas: Top seed retires with breathing problems in Zhuhai
Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas had trouble breathing and quit his opening match at the Zhuhai Championships on Thursday after calling a medical time-out before the deciding set.
