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Regulatory Shift to Formalise Nationwide Operations Lagos, Nigeria – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has formally upgraded the operating licences of several major financial technology companies and microfinance banks to national status, empowering them to operate legally across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The move reflects the rapid expansion of digital…

Abuja —The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has released the full names of 16 senior and mid-level officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces indicted by a Special Investigative Panel over an alleged coup plot against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The officers, drawn from the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force, were said to have been found with…

As the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) commenced its latest orientation exercise across the country, anxiety has gripped prospective corps members and their families following rising insecurity in several states classified as high-risk. Findings show that the opening of orientation camps in parts of the North and North-Central regions has been overshadowed by fears of…

The University of Ibadan (UI) and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have emerged as the highest-ranked Nigerian universities in the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, reaffirming their positions as the country’s leading institutions of higher learning. The 2026 rankings, released by Times Higher Education, assessed more than 1,900 universities across 108 countries,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has implicated a new-generation commercial bank, six fintech companies and several microfinance banks in large-scale financial scams involving the laundering of huge sums of money. The Director of Public Affairs of the Commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing at the EFCC headquarters…