The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will be launching the pilot scheme of its digital currency on October 1st, 2021. Naija News...
Indications have emerged signalling that a major disruption to project financing in Africa may be in the works. Naija News got a lead that a major...
The United Kingdom’s financial regulatory body, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the activities of Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platforms. In...
El Salvador, a country in Central America, has legalized bitcoin as legal tender in the county. Naija News understands that the development makes the country the first...
A call has gone out for the arrest and prosecution of Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over alleged involvement in...
The Federal Government may lift the ban on cryptocurrency as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working alongside the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has said that Boko Haram insurgents and bandits now demand ransom in...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has argued that the recent ban on cryptocurrencies in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should be reviewed. The Vice...
Nigerians have tackled and disagreed with the governor of the Central Bank (CBN) Godwin Emefiele after a video of him describing cryptocurrencies as money created out...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, says the apex bank banned cryptocurrency in the interest of Nigerian depositors and the country’s...
Trade report for Tuesday, February revealed an encouraging rise of Bitcoin above $50,000. Naija News understands this was the first time such a rise is witnessed....
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it has suspended the admittance of affected persons into its Regulatory Incubation Framework for Fintech firms. Recall that SEC,...
Mastercard has announced that it will begin to accept Bitcoin, Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies on its network in 2021. This was made known in a blog...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun an investigation into banks offering services to cryptocurrency traders. Naija News recalls that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has...
A civil society organization, the Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative, has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to court over...
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has listed three important steps the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should have taken in handling its recent ban...
The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has faulted the cryptocurrency ban by the apex bank. Naija News reports that...
The presidential hopeful and senior lawyer, Olusegun Bamgbose, has said former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has no moral right to tackle President Muhammadu Buhari over the ban...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday said itis determined to protect Nigeria’s financial system from activities of “fraudsters and speculators”. Naija News recalls that the Central...
Former presidential candidate and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba has urged Nigerians to shift attention away from investing in cryptocurrencies and...