CBN fines Skye Bank N4bn - for failing to render Treasury Single Account:

The Central Bank of Nigeria has imposed a N4 billion fine on Skye Bank Plc for failing to render appropriate returns on accounts of some government institutions and agencies.

This is contained in a statement by Skye Bank to the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

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Buhari removes EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, appoints replacement

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the chairman of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde.

Mr. Lamorde, a former police officer, was removed Monday, four years after he took over as chairman of the agency.

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Diezani Alison-Madueke’s Plea For Mercy

Diezani Alison-Madueke’s Plea For Mercy

AT LAST, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s Petroleum Resources minister until six months ago, seeks to be understood by Nigerians. The former highflying minister, one of the most influential in the Goodluck Jonathan administration,

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APC plotting to kill me, Says Ekweremadu, Akpabio, Secondus, others — PDP

PDP, has accused the governing All Progressives Congress of trying to assassinate the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.

Mr. Ekweremadu’s media aide, Uche Anichukwu, had on Tuesday alleged that suspected assassins trailed his boss on his way to the office at about 10:00am between Apo Flyover and Dantata Construction Company’s yard, close to the Old Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, junction.

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Breaking News: Pro-Biafra Protesters Move To Aba

The commercial city of Aba is the latest city in the South East of Nigeria to witness Pro-Biafra protests as the commercial city witnessed a procession today by members of the Move­ment for the Ac­tualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Independent Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB).

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Advancing Troops Clear More Boko Haram Camps

The Nigerian army today, November 9, announced that troops from 25 Task Force Brigade have destroyed more camps being used by the terrorist sect Boko Haram.

In a statement signed by Colonel Tukur Ismail Gusau, media coordinator, the military stated that in furtherance to the ongoing offensive operations to clear Boko Haram insurgents’ activities troops conducted clearance and confidence building operations in Bale along Bitta and Damboa axis.

“The Boko Haram terrorists on sighting the advancing troops towards their location, they fled in disarray abandoning looted food items and

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