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Nigeria:President Jonathan Declares State of Emergency in 15 LGAs

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON THE OCCASION OF THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE FEDERATION IN ORDER TO RESTORE PULIC ORDER, PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE FEDERATION, December 31, 2011 Fellow Nigerians, it has become necessary to address you […]

SEC Devices Measures to Revive Capital Market

Since the global economic meltdown in 2008 and the banking crisis that followed, the Nigerian equities market has been in a tailspin. To reverse the trend, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently set up a committee to come up with strategies to restore investor confidence in the new year, writes […]

Banks Get CBN Nod to Invest in Cash-in-Transit Companies

As the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria takes off today in Lagos under the pilot phase of the programme, the CBN has given the nod to money deposit banks to invest in duly licensed cash management companies that will take over the management of cash for banks […]