Nigeria

Silverbird Group’s founder Ben Murray-Bruce has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to implement measures that will ensure the safety of the Nigerian people. He thinks the CBN’s new regulation on withdrawing cash was implemented hastily and at the wrong time.

The National Assembly cannot review Ms Lauretta Onochie and Chief Samuel Ogbuku’s nominations due to an order from the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The House of Assembly of Akwa Ibom State has passed the N700 billion Appropriation Bill for 2023. This figure is broken down as follows: N344 billion for recurrent expenditures and N355.9 billion for capital expenditures.

The federal government has completed preparations to monitor the performance of its employees digitally and has issued a call to its public servants to increase their productivity on the job.

Nnamdi Kanu, the incarcerated leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has publicly separated himself from Simon Ekpa, a controversial and self-proclaimed follower of Kanu’s.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received 191 Nigerians stuck in India on Friday.

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget, and national planning, made the announcement yesterday in Abuja at the unveiling of the National Plan on Financing Safe Schools-2023-2026. Total investment in the Plan is estimated to be N144.8 billion, to be made between 2023 and 2026.

Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, said that between January and November, the Nigeria Police rescued 865 people who had been kidnapped and arrested 383 suspects.

The Nigerian Army Council has promoted 122 senior officers from the ranks of brigadier general to major general and the positions of colonel to brigadier general.