Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan

CBN Unveils N5.0 billion Minimum Capital for Mortgage Refinance Company

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Thursday unveiled a minimum capital requirement of N5.0 billion for the Mortgage Refinance Company (MRC). The CBN iin its regulatory and supervisory framework for the operations of an MRC said the procedures and criteria to be used in granting […]

Nigerian authorities free opposition deputy leader on bail

Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday freed the deputy head of the main opposition coalition on bail, a day after he was detained over comments he is reported to have made warning of violence in next year’s presidential polls. Nasir el-Rufai was quoted in daily ThisDay last Thursday as […]

Nigeria security service arrests deputy opposition leader

* El-Rufai quoted as warning of violence in upcoming polls * Nigeria faces closest poll since military rule ended * Previous elections have triggered mob killings   Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) arrested the deputy head of the main opposition coalition on Monday over comments he is reported to have […]