Abuja: The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has announced a significant achievement in its National Housing Fund (NHF) collections for the year 2025, reporting a total of ?152.4 billion. This marks a 48 percent increase compared to the ?103 bil…
Owerri: The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has awarded the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) Certificates and Logos to 13 manufacturers of aluminum roofing sheets in Imo. The Director-General of SON, Dr Ifeanyi Okeke, present…
Lagos: Dr Yemi Kale, Group Chief Economist at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), emphasized the necessity for Africa to bolster regional trade and financial systems to foster industrialisation, enhance value chains, and expedite economic tr…
Lagos: Nigeria’s digital economy requires home-grown security solutions utilizing mathematical models, as stated by Prof. Temitope Jaiyeola, a professor of Mathematics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He made this assertion during the 3rd C…
London: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has described a 10-year prison sentence handed down in Iran to a British couple as ‘totally unjustifiable.’ Lindsay and Craig Foreman, from East Sussex, were arrested in January 2025 while travelling t…
Abuja: The Health Policy Research Group (HPRG), University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is seeking the establishment of urban health units nationwide to improve access to quality healthcare services in urban slums. The group made the call during a policy dialo…
Seoul: A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for declaring martial law in December 2024. The court convicted the 65-year-old of leading an insurrection and undermining the constitution.
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Abuja: Mr Yemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), emphasized the increasing significance of cross-border payments within the global monetary and financial systems. He delivered these remarks during his plenary speech at the G-…