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CBN Rolls Out Guidelines for POS Operators, Sets Daily Transactions Limit
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new set of guidelines for the operations of agent banking in the country. Agent banking is the provision of financial-related services to customers by a third party (agent) on behalf of a licensed deposit taking financial institution or mobile money operator. In a circular signed by…
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FULL LIST: Recent winners of Nobel Medicine Prize
Punch Newspaper Here is a list of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the past 10 years: 2025: Americans Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi, for research into how the immune system is regulated and kept in check. 2024: US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery…
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Abdul Mahmud: Governor Amuneke is who he is
His is not just ordinary commentary. It is a political satire. A mirror held up to our country, its rulers, people and politics. His is the art of laughter and lament. Kevin Arua, who goes by the nom de guerre, Kevin Black, and the popular Governor Amuneke, an online voice that exposes folly, mocks power,…
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Court rejects Uche Nnaji’s bid to block UNN from releasing academic records
TheCable News A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a request by Uche Nnaji, minister of innovation, science and technology, to stop the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), from releasing his academic records. Hausa Yilwa, the presiding judge, delivered the ruling on September 22, rejecting Nnaji’s application for an injunction. The minister had filed…
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Full list of cars made in Africa
Vanguard News When you think about car manufacturing, Africa might not be the first place that comes to mind. Most people picture Japanese or German factories, or even India’s Tata and Maruti, long before considering anything from Africa. But that’s changing. Across the continent, automakers are rolling out vehicles designed and built for African roads,…
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5 cities that experience sunlight all day
Vanguard News For most people, the sun rises and sets within 24 hours. But in some parts of the world, the sun refuses to go down, sometimes for weeks at a time. This unusual phenomenon, known as the Midnight Sun, occurs near the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, where the tilt of the Earth keeps daylight…
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Naira records strongest 2025 performance at official, parallel markets
TheCableNews The naira, on Thursday, strengthened to N1,455.23 at the official section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The local currency appreciated by 1.36 percent from N1,475.34/$ traded on September 30. The last time the exchange rate hit the N1,400 region was in May, 2024. The current exchange rate signals the naira’s strongest performance in…
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Ghana, MultiChoice sign deal on free DStv subscription upgrades for citizens
TheCable News The Ghanaian government and MultiChoice have reached an agreement to upgrade DStv subscribers in the country to higher packages at no additional cost. According to a report by TechAfrica News on Wednesday, Samuel Nartey George, minister of communications, digital technologies, and innovation, announced the deal on Tuesday after a committee review of DStv’s…
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18 major takeaways from Tinubu’s Independence Day speech
The Nation Newspaper President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, in his 65th Independence Anniversary broadcast, paid tribute to Nigeria’s founding fathers while defending his administration’s tough economic reforms. He admitted that Nigerians are “racing against time” to fix decades of underinvestment in power, roads, and infrastructure, but assured that the country has “turned the corner”…
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Dangote, PENGASSAN meeting ends in deadlock
Vanguard News The Federal Government’s efforts to broker peace between the management of Dangote Refinery, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, over the alleged mass sack of union members ended in a deadlock on Monday night. The meeting, which commenced at about 3: 30 p.m. at the Minister of…