The United Arab Emirates has commenced visa issuance to Nigerians, and Etihad Airways has been approved to operate international flights into Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this announcement on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He noted that the foreign carrier was already talking with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority regarding the process. …

Lagos based Agropreneur; Fausat Sanni-Yusuf has advised women entreprenuers not to limit themselves to just one association in their networking efforts for their businesses. Sanni-Yusuf who is a graduate of Statistics from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State; has gathered experience over 18 years in teaching, banking, educational management, agro consulting and agro business in general. She stated this …

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had issued a new set of guidelines on cheque leaves that will be processed through the Automated Clearing System effective January 1st, 2021. To this end, all existing cheque leaves of Nigerian banks will cease to be legal tender on December 31st, 2020.

Lagos State is economically and financially solid, the government has said. This is contrary to the publication by BudgIT, a public finance analyst, titled ‘Ability of States to Meet Monthly Recurrent Expenditure and Loan Repayment Obligations, 2019’, which the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration described as “misinformation”. BudgIT has apologized for its error. This was stated in a press release on …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has apologised for a tweet ordering all account holders in the country to obtain and fill self-certification forms. In a directive contained in a series of tweets (now deleted) on Thursday, the Federal Government said each account holder must submit the filled forms in their respective financial institutions. In another tweet on Friday morning, the …

PRESS RELEASE: There is no levy on Audio and Visual contents of all Physical and Digital Platforms in Lagos State. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Mr. Bamidele Balogun, is said to have announced a 5% levy. The Government hereby dissociates itself from the said announcement in the media. The Executive Secretary, who was not authorised …

The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, on Sunday, defended the 1 million dollars trade levy and other regulations imposed on Nigerian traders in Ghana, adding that Nigeria had equally issued executive orders preventing foreigners from getting jobs which Nigerians can do. The minister said it was surprising that Ghanaian laws could be described as outrageous, saying that it was …

The Lagos State Emergency Managegement Agency (LASEMA) has given an official account of today’s helicopter crash in Opebi, Lagos. In a press release signed by the agency’s Head of Public Affairs, Nosa Okunbor. He wrote: “In a just concluded operation has recovered the wreckage of a crashed Helicopter in Opebi axis of Lagos. This followed distress calls concerning the privately …

“As part of efforts to enhance accessibility to foreign exchange particularly to travelers following the announcement of the limited resumption of international flights by the Honourable Minister of Aviation commencing with Abuja and Lagos, the Central Bank of Nigeria hereby wishes to inform the General Public that gradual sales of foreign exchange to licensed BDC operators will commence with effect …