The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has extended deadline for registration of the Bank Verification Number, BVN, it introduced in 2014. The BVN was introduced by the country’s chief bank to curb the rate of fraud in the financial institution in Nigeria. Tuesday, June 30, 2015 was earlier fixed for account holders to obtain their…
Day: June 30, 2015
Lagos Lawmaker, Saka Fafunmi, Trains 1000 Residents
A vocational training programme set up by a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Saka Fafunmi representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1, has graduated over 1000 students. The graduands went through vocational training in various skills under his sponsorship and the best graduating students were rewarded. At an event held recently at the African Church…
Assembly Dreams Special Status For Lagos
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the pursuit of a special status for Lagos will be one of the legislative agenda of the 8th Lagos Assembly. The speaker promised that in doing this the Assembly will work hand-in-hand with fellow lawmakers at the National Assembly to ensure the…
Jega Quits As INEC Chairman
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has formally bowed out of office. His tenure as the head of the country’s electoral umpire ends today, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. It would be recalled that few days before the postponed February 14, 2015 presidential poll, it was rumoured that he would be…