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FAKE NEWS: Dangote group denies AI trader

  Dangote group has denied news that its founder, Aliko Dangote created an Artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will assist Nigerians trade in the crypto and stock market. A fake video where Dangote announced this AI tool went viral on Sunday, April 28, with the business mogul presumably saying that the tool can be accessed […]

JAMB releases 2024 UTME results

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede announced the release of the UTME results at a press conference held […]

Report: Banks lose N18bn to fraudsters in 2023

  The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has said that financial institutions lost about N17.67bn to fraud in 2023. This was disclosed in its Annual Fraud Landscape (January to December 2023) which was published on its website on Monday. NIBSS incorporated in 1993 provides a mechanism for same-day clearing and settlement of inter-bank transfers and payments […]

Emefiele challenges jurisdiction of Lagos court to hear case

  Godwin Emefiele has challenged the jurisdiction of the Lagos high court to hear the charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Olalekan Ojo, counsel to Emefiele, on Monday, argued that the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the charges filed against the former governor of the Central Bank of […]