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Grand Finale - Believe For It (Cece Winans) performed by DLCM Choir, Lagos

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You will need to watch this ------ God, we believe for it was first sung by Cece Winans.....

CBN Bans Cryptocurrency Activity in Nigeria

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  The apex bank on Friday issued a directive warning financial institutions in Nigeria to stop every cryptocurrency trading or faces sanctions.  This directive is contained in a memo with reference no BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/14/001 circularized by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directing Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) to close accounts of persons and businesses who are using their systems for cryptocurrency trading. The letter which was signed by two CBN directors - Bello Hassan, The Director of Banking Supervision, and Musa Jimoh, The Director of Payments System Management Department expresses more emphasis on the January 12, 2017 circular.  The circular referenced FPR/DIR/GEN/CIR/06/010 was one of the CBN circular released earlier warning the public and business on their financial involvement with the use of cryptocurrencies. Not just that, the apex bank have been showing its disdain for cryptocurre...

2021 NEW YEAR SPEECH BY PRESIDENT M. BUHARI, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years since our existence as a Nation. 2. This can also be said about all other nations around the world, due to the challenges posed on our collective humanity by the novel COVID-19 pandemic. 3. While acknowledging that 2020 was a very tough year, we saw this year put to test our national resilience and ability to survive these tough times and also gave renewed hope that we will again brave any storms that lay ahead in 2021 and beyond. 4. As we celebrate the opportunity before us in this New Year 2021, we must also acknowledge the passing away of our brothers and sisters who didn’t make it into this New Year. May their souls rest in perfect peace. 5. We must remember that we also celebrated the historic occasion of our sixt...