Day: March 6, 2024

CBN affirms CAC’s position on registration of Fintechs

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) today sustained the position of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) that all agents within the Fintech mobile payment cluster are under obligation to register their businesses.   The CAC had previously stated that all Fintechs must register with the CAC before commencing business in line with the express provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA 2020.   The meeting held at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was presided over by the apex Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso.   The Registrar-General of the…

Kogi Govt pledges to reward Outstanding corps members during service

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Kogi State Government has urged Corps Members deployed to the State to leave indelible footprints of development in different sectors as agents of social change.   It said the present administration would reward any Corps Member that show outstanding performance in his place of primary assignment. The State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo stated this today in his address at the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Orientation Course held at NYSC Kogi State Orientation Camp, Asaya, Kabba.   “Be rest assured that excellent performances would be duly…

BREAKING: Edo Assembly serves impeachment notice to Obaseki’s Deputy Philip Shaibu

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The Edo state House of Assembly has served an impeachment notice on Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu. The Speaker Blessing Agbebaku on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, directs the clerk to serve an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor, with 7 days to respond. This comes amid power tussle between the governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy. The relationship between Shaibu and his boss has been frosty since Shaibu first raised the alarm of plot to impeach him and instituted a case against the planned move. The governor relocated his office from…

Productivity Centre collaborates Pan- African Association of Small and Medium Industries to advance SMEs

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF       The Pan-African Association of Small and Medium Industries (PAOSMI), led by their Director General, Dr. Henry E. Emejuo, paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the National Productivity Centre, NPC , Dr. Nasir Olaitan Raji-Mustapha, today, the 5th of March, 2024, to discuss possible areas of partnership with the Centre.   PAOSMI is a continental association dedicated to the advocacy, empowerment and development of Small and Medium industries (SMIs) across Africa. With growing network of members in over 30 countries, they are committed…

Success & Challenges of 10th House of Reps under Dr. Tajudeen Abbas … How Committees on Education, Public Assets, Police Affairs, Others Stand BY OBUTE JAMES

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The current session of Nigerian National Assembly was inaugurated on 13th June, 2023 following the emergence of four principal officers, the Senate President, Deputy Senate President; House of Representatives Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The country’s national parliament consists of two chambers, the Senate (109 Senators) and House of Representatives (360 Members). The legislature at the state level is unicameral while National Assembly serves as parliament for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio was elected President of the Senate having polled 63…