Nigeria’s Central Bank has directed banks to send unclaimed balances, funds in dormant accounts to the apex bank
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, issued the revised guidelines on the management of dormant accounts, unclaimed balances and other financial assets in banks and other financial institutions…
APC party women leader in Nigeria’s Katsina confesses to be bandits’ informant, got part of several ransoms
Bella Ifasola One Aisha Abubakar, a women leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who doubles as a bandits’ informant, has confessed to receiving only N5000 from N9million and a…
Nnamdi Kanu files brief at court of appeal seeking restoration of revoked bail
Matthew Onocheta Abuja – The illegally detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a brief at the Court of Appeal, seeking restoration of his…
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws
Reuters ABUJA – Nigeria fined Meta Platforms $220 million, its competition watchdog said on Friday, after investigations showed data-sharing on social platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws.…
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, UN court rules
FT Israel’s 57-year-old occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is illegal under international law, the UN’s highest court said, casting the Jewish state’s conduct towards Palestinians living under…
Bangladesh protesters storm prison as police fail to quell unrest
AFP DHAKA — Bangladeshi student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates Friday as police struggled to quell unrest, with huge rallies in the capital Dhaka despite a…
Vietnam’s most powerful communist party leader dies
AFP Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam’s most powerful contemporary leader and architect of the country’s largest anti-corruption campaign, died Friday at the age of 80, state media said. During Trong’s 13…
Russia jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years
AFP The expedited espionage trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich reaches its final stages on Friday. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, was detained in March 2023 and faces up…
IMF says Zambia’s de-dollarisation plan may be counterproductive
Bloomberg Zambia’s proposed ban on charging foreign currency in local transactions — punishable with 10-year jail terms — might defeat its own purpose, according to the International Monetary Fund. The…
Nigerian man who attempted suicide earlier this month released on bail after mental assessment
Abuja – Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Friday, said, a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau who was arrested on July 8 for attempted suicide has been released on…