NEWS

Eclipse of the sun reported in Kano, Oyo

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2024

An eclipse of the sun has been reported in Kano State. The report on X, formerly Twitter, was made by a user: Ahmad EO Abdulbaqi, who backed it up with a photograph. There was also an eclipse of the sun in parts of Oyo State, which The Eagle Online could not confirm as at press […]

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Ministers, CBN, FIRS pledge to address high cost of living

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2024

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, have assured Nigerians that the high cost of living being witnessed by Nigerians is currently being addressed. Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Mr. Zacch Adedeji, Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service […]

BUSINESS

CBN, CBE set up ‘Nigeria-Egypt FinTech Bridge’

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a Nigeria-Egypt FinTech Bridge. The signing ceremony, which took place at the Seamless North Africa 2023 conference at the Egypt International Exhibition Center, Cairo, on July 17 – 18, 2023, comes after a series […]

NEWS

DSS finally charged Emefiele to court

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2023

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has charged embattled suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to court. This is sequel to an Abuja High Court order of Thursday, July 13, 2023 that the secret police charge Emefiele to court within one week or release him. This is coming over […]

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Fundamental Human Rights: Emefiele knows fate today

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2023

The detained suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, will today, know his fate concerning the fundamental human rights suit he filed to challenge his arrest and detention by the Department of State Services. On June 10, the DSS arrested the governor of the apex bank, shortly after President Bola Tinubu suspended […]

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Money Laundering: Nigeria places Cameroon, Vietnam, Croatia on watch list

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria has asked Deposit Money Banks and Other Financial Institutions in the country to increase monitoring of transactions with businesses and persons in and from Cameroon, Croatia and Vietnam. This was according to a circular referenced: FPR/AML/PUB/BOF/001/029, which was issued, on Thursday, by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation, Mr