Anti-Corruption Hero, President Buhari Leads by Example By Garba Shehu     As he marks today, December 17 as his birthday, Muhammadu Buhari, driver of change and mobiliser of voters continues in his role as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, leading by setting examples as the...

The Many Shenanigans in Nigeria By Enobong Udoh       This decade is about to end in a few weeks and surely Nigeria will start the next decade still as the country with most poor people. A check at the world poverty clock shows as the clock ticks...

Scandal: Disquiet over N23b traced to SDGs staff account There is disquiet in the Office of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation(OAGF) over N23b traced to the account of a Level 12 officer, the Economic Confidential can authoritatively...

CBN Considers New BVN Rules To Tackle E-fraud   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will soon release a new Bank Verification Number (BVN) guideline and set additional rule that will guide it in watch-listing fraudulent banks customers and tackling e-fraud, the apex bank has said. CBN...

Banks lose 2m Customers in 2 years – NIBSS Despite Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) effort to promote financial inclusion, Nigerian banks lost over 2 million customers between 2016 and 2017. According to statistics from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), the number of active bank...

The 300,000 candidates pre-selected under the Federal Government’s N-Power Scheme will undergo its physical verification phase from Dec. 4 to Dec. 14 in the 774 local government areas of the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation/Youth Employment, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede...