The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is taking new steps to strengthen trust in Nigeria’s financial system as it moves to tighten oversight of virtual asset operators and digital financial platforms.

By Steve Oko A heartbroken widow, Mrs Charity Ezeaso, is battling against time to save the life of her daughter, as she desperately seeks N1.8 million needed for a critical surgery to remove a life-threatening tumour. For 16 years, Mrs Ezeaso has borne the weight of single parenthood alone, following the death of her husband. […]

The Federal Government has dismissed claims of hidden spending and diversion of federation revenue, describing such reports as a misrepresentation of findings contained in the latest Nigeria Development Update by the World Bank.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and Amnesty International have kicked against recent directives given broadcasters by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on how to do their jobs.

Lt. Col. Tony Nyiam, retd., one of the principal actors in the 1990 Orkar coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the military government of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, in this encounter called for a sweeping and far-reaching restructuring of Nigeria’s security architecture, warning that the country’s current centralised framework is fundamentally incapable of addressing the complex and evolving nature of insecurity across the federation.