The recently launched eNaira Wallet application has been removed from Google Play Store barely 36 hours after it was launched by the Central Bank of Nigeria, SaharaReporters has gathered. However, the app is currently available on the Apple app store with 2.6 over 5 ratings. The digital currency has two applications, which are eNaira speed
Anambra Guber: 81,778 PVCs Ready For Collection – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 81,778 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were ready for collection in Anambra State. INEC disclosed this in a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election”, signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Tuesday
Igbo lawyers seek to join suit for South East exit from Nigeria
Lawyers from the Igbo speaking region of Nigeria have applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to join as defendants in a suit by a group of Northern Elders praying for exit of the South East region from Nigeria based on the agitations of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi
Anambra Governorship: Police IG Overhauls Security Landscape Ahead of Poll
Ahead of Anambra state governorship election in the coming week, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has endorsed a major revamp of Anambra’s security architecture for the November 6 gubernatorial election in the state. Consequently, the Police IG has deployed Deputy Inspector General- DIG Joseph Egbunike to Anambra state, as Coordinating DIG
How to Apply for CBN Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of its policy measures to address rising youth unemployment and underemployment, introduces the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) to create a paradigm shift among undergraduates and graduates of Nigerian polytechnics and universities, from seeking white-collar jobs to entrepreneurship. The CBN Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) aims to
eNaira: Top Six Things You Should Know About CBN’s Digital Currency
The apex bank further said that the launch of the digital currency is a major step forward in the evolution of money and vowed to ensure that the e-Naira, like the physical Naira, is accessible by everyone. Here are six things we all need to know about the e-Naira: Beyond CBDC According to the CBN,
Unizik Graduates to get Jobs in United Nigeria airline and Russia exchange Programmes – Obiora Okonkwo
Governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dr Obiora Okonkwo, has disclosed plans to recruit about 20 graduates from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka for internship in his United Nigeria Airline. He also revealed that he would be taking scholars from the university to Russia for exchange programmes and that already, a deal had been sealed
President Buhari Unveils eNaira
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, launched the eNaira platform. The eNaira is a culmination of several years of research work by the Central Bank of Nigeria in advancing the boundaries of payments system in order to make financial transactions easier and seamless for every stratum of society. The launch was described
Gunmen Kidnap Three Church Members In Ogun, Demand N6m Ransom
Gunmen invaded a Cherubim and Seraphim Church at Obada-Oko, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State in the early hours of Sunday, while worshippers were holding a vigil. They kidnapped three worshippers and escaped with them into the bush. The victims, identified as Ifeoluwa Alani-Bello, Adebare Oduntan, and Mary Oliyide. Sources close to the
Scarcity of funds worsens as interbank liquidity falls 72%
The scarcity of funds in the interbank money market worsened last week following a sharp decline of 72 per cent in market liquidity to N56.3 billion. Financial Vanguard analysis of data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the amount of liquidity (Opening balance) dropped to N56.3 billion on Friday last week from N200.64 billion