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• Broadens OMO participation as individuals, corporates, non-bank financial institutions gain access to market through banks   •Resumes tenored repo operations of up to 90 days to deepen liquidity management  • Declares reforms designed to improve money market functioning, strengthen monetary policy transmission James Emejo in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, announced the removal of restrictions preventing financial institutions that accessed its Standing Lending Facility (SLF) from participating in Foreign Exchange (FX) and primary government securities transactions. The changes, which took immediate effect, sought to provide banks and other market participants greater flexibility in…

The tournament from February 2 to 7 will feature Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad.Published On 13 Aug 202613 Aug 2026The 2027 Spanish Super Cup will be held in Turkiye at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium, the Spanish Football Federation has announced.The Final Four tournament will take place from February 2 to 7 and feature Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad, the federation said in a statement on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSaudi Arabia has hosted the competition since 2020 but was ruled out as the dates coincide with the Asian Cup, the continent’s…

Ileana Rodriguez LA28 Vice President of Paralympic Strategy and Relations.(Photo courtesy of Tim Genske)The former Paralympic swimmer, architect and accessibility consultant is bringing an athlete’s perspective to LA28, with a mission to make the Paralympic Games an equal part of the Los Angeles Olympic experience.(This story based on a Forbes exclusive interview with Ileana Rodriguez on August 10, 2026. All quotes are taken directly from a transcript of the interview.)When Ileana Rodriguez looks at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games, she does not see a collection of venues, transportation systems and competition schedules.She sees an opportunity to change…

Langley said that, with clearly visible cameras in cities and neighbourhoods, the public increasingly, external sees the firm as an outlet for their growing concerns about privacy and technology, external.”Because you can see our cameras, it’s easier to get mad,” Langley said.In the US, there is no comprehensive law protecting or governing the collection, use or sale of people’s personal data.Langley mentioned a woman he recently met in Cleveland who was vociferously against Flock in her community. When he asked her why she disliked the technology so much, she told him it was ultimately a tool for police to “abuse…

In the spring the International Monetary Fund warned Britain faced the heaviest economic blow from the Iran war among the world’s most advanced nations. Almost six months into the conflict, on the surface, the UK appears to be proving the forecasters wrong.The latest official figures show the UK maintained its pole position as the fastest growing economy in the G7 in the first half of 2026. Despite the gloomy international backdrop and yet more domestic political uncertainty, consumers have largely continued spending and business investment has boomed.According to the Office for National Statistics, GDP growth slowed to 0.4% in the…

The federal government has announced plans to procure 25 additional linear accelerators between 2027 and 2029 to expand cancer treatment capacity across Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting of the National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP) Technical Working Group and Global Advisory Council. Linear accelerators are machines used in radiotherapy to deliver high-energy radiation to destroy cancer cells while limiting damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Mr Salako said President Bola Tinubu had approved the procurement as part of a three-year plan to strengthen cancer care. “Recently,…

With the Bonneville salt flats in Utah echoing to the sound of a new land speed record achieved by a British team, the timing could not be more apposite. The historical legacy of the challenge of pushing the envelope of pace is being dusted down and made public in the form of an extraordinary archive from more than a century of record-breaking machines and their singularly driven pilots.On Tuesday JCB’s Hydromax car took the hydrogen-powered International Automobile Federation (FIA) land speed record, reaching 406.320mph at Bonneville. Appropriately the car was driven by Andy Green, the former RAF wing commander who…

Based on the feminist writer Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel of the same name — and having been previously adapted in Gillian Armstrong’s acclaimed 1979 film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill — Netflix’s “My Brilliant Career” has a lot to live up to. The Australian period drama, adapted into a series by Liz Doran, is a vibrant, sexy and energetic adaptation that honors the original story and film while offering a sharper, more honest depiction of 20th-century Australia, particularly through the female and Indigenous gaze. Whimsical and sharp, “My Brilliant Career” remains just as poignant and plucky as it was…

The highest-scoring candidate in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Daniella Owoeye, has credited Prep50, alongside disciplined study, concept-based learning and consistent revision, as one of the key resources that contributed to her outstanding score of 372. Speaking during an interview with Emeka Ejeziem, chief executive officer of Deacons Publishers Limited, publishers of the Prep50 series, Daniella said the study resource played a significant role in helping her prepare effectively for the examination. She explained that while she began preparing for the UTME around September with past questions, online tutorials and other study materials, her preparation became more structured…

By Our Correspondent The Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has been vindicated by a recent United States Department of State report which raised concerns over fiscal transparency in Nigeria, according to his media office. Paul Ibe, Atiku’s media aide, stated this in a post on his X platform on Thursday, citing the US report’s assessment of the Nigerian government’s budgetary and fiscal disclosure practices. The report criticised the Federal Government for failing to provide timely and comprehensive information on its revenues and expenditures, while also raising concerns about discrepancies between approved budget figures and actual…