The Central Bank of Nigeria has released more old notes to Deposit Money Banks as the apex bank steps up efforts to flood the economy with more cash after a prolonged cash crunch that has made life difficult for millions of Nigerians and residents. The CBN had on Thursday begun …
Read More »Meet 48 Women Who Made It To State Assemblies
Out of the 988 state assembly seats across the 36 states of the federation, only 48 female lawmakers, representing 4.85 per cent, were elected in the just concluded elections, Daily Trust Saturday reports. The poor outing of women in the just concluded elections has once again brought to the fore, …
Read More »Gender parity can add $299bn to Nigeria’ GDP in 2 yrs – NITDA DG
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Inuwa Kashif says putting women in parity with their male counterparts can add $299 billion to Nigeria’s GDP by 2025. Abdullahi, stated this on Friday at the graduation of 200 women at Civil Service Training Centre, Kubwa, FCT, …
Read More »Alleged N6.9bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Fayose’s Trial Till May 8
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday adjourned further hearing in the trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Investment Limited, over an alleged N6.9bn fraud, till May 8, 2023. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke adjourned proceedings after listening to the testimony …
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