Yemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been appointed Chairman of the Africa Finance Corporation. The move places a key Nigerian economic leader at the helm of the pan-African development finance institution.
Bauchi State has recorded 70 human trafficking cases, leading to three convictions, according to Aliyun Kalli, the state coordinator for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
A former EFCC operative testified in a Federal High Court, Abuja, alleging that former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai offered a $600,000 bribe to stifle an investigation into a N32 billion fraud during his BPE
United Bank for Africa’s GMD, Oliver Alawuba, visited the Nigerian Air Force to offer condolences following the NAF 931 aircraft crash, emphasising national solidarity.
Gold prices in Nigeria have held steady at N178,000 per gram, defying a strengthening naira and a hawkish US Federal Reserve stance, largely due to a consistent local premium.
