CBN to review mobile banking framework to accommodate Telcos

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said there may be need to review the mobile banking framework in order to accommodate the telecommunication operators.

This is in response to analysts question over non inclusion of telecommunication companies in the mobile banking operational plan by the CBN.

Kola Adeyemo, assistant director, payment system policy and oversight division - banking and payment system department, CBN, who said this at the BusinessDay Mobile Money Roundtable in Lagos, also said there was need for these telcos to register subsidiary companies, which would be regulated by the CBN.

Could this mean that the Nigerian law is promoting paedophilia?

On Tuesday, July 16th, the senate pegged the official marriage age in Nigeria at 18 years upon amendment  of the constitution. Following the amendment, Former Zamfara State Governor, now Senator, Sani Yerima, who married a 13 year old Egyptian girl in 2010, opposed the age restrictions saying it was anti-islam. For some reasons, the Senate agreed with him and made an about turn on the amendment.

The Senate has now deleted the age specification from the new constitution, leaving marriage age for women open. They stated that 'a woman is deemed to be “full of age” once she is married irrespective of the age she did so.'

So basically, this new law allows the marriage of under aged girls. What's your thoughts on this?

Woolwich murderer Michael Adebolajo attacked & injured in prison

Michael Adebolajo was injured in an attack in the prison where he's being kept, according to reports. He is one of the two men who attacked and killed soldier Lee Rigby on the 22nd of May, 2013 at Woolwich, 

Prison officials said the attack occurred on Wednesday July 17th at HMP Belmarsh prison and Michael is believed to have lost two teeth during the violent incident. 

Daily Mail reports that several officers were called in to help after Adebolajo began acting violently, and he was injured during the subsequent melee in the prison’s high-security wing.

The murder suspect received medical treatment in the prison but did not need to go to hospital.

Shame at Rivers State House of Assembly

Horrific video: Catholic priest beheaded by jihadist rebels in Syria

A Catholic priest, Father Francois Murad, (left and circled) was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, northern Syria by jihadist rebels in front of a cheering crowd, the Vatican news agency reported. The beheading of the 49 year old priest was filmed on a camera phone and recently posted on the internet.

The priest had been staying in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land when he was seized by the rebels who accused him of collaborating with Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

See the video after the cut...but we warned, it's extremely graphic and must not be watched if allergic or under the age of 18. Please be adviced!

Source: Linda Ikeji