Category: Economy

NGX Launches New USSD To Enhance Capital Market Access
June 8, 2024 No Responses

NGX Launches New USSD To Enhance Capital Market Access

Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited has urged investors to leverage on its new USSD platform for enhanced capital market access.  NGX stated this at its Investor Education Series, partnered with Meristem via a zoom meeting held with the theme, ‘Unlocking Potential:...
read more
EFCC Tasks Car Dealers On Registration
June 4, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Tasks Car Dealers On Registration

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede has called on car dealers across the country to ensure that they register with the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), a department in the...
read more
Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Reach Agreement
June 4, 2024 No Responses

Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Reach Agreement

The Federal Government and representatives of organised labour have agreed on a new minimum wage that is above N60,000.  The agreement was reached at the end of a meeting held on Monday between leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Cong...
read more
Why Multinationals Are Leaving Nigeria, By Minister
June 3, 2024 No Responses

Why Multinationals Are Leaving Nigeria, By Minister

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the government is working on the economic and investment climate to attract more multinationals into Nigeria. Edun, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politic...
read more
Oil Exploration To Begin In Ogun
June 1, 2024 No Responses

Oil Exploration To Begin In Ogun

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) is to begin oil and gas exploration in Ogun State.   Under the arrangement, the State Government has received a delegation from the Federal Government in Abeokuta, the state capital. On...
read more
House Committee Seeks Alternative Funding For Deep Blue Project
May 27, 2024 No Responses

House Committee Seeks Alternative Funding For Deep Blue Project

Honorable Uduak Odudoh,  the Acting Chairman of the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, has called for seeking alternate sources of funding for the Federal Government Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infr...
read more
FG To Increase Tax Collection Efficiency
May 24, 2024 No Responses

FG To Increase Tax Collection Efficiency

Vice President Kashim Shettima says the Administration of President Bola Tinubu is targeting to increase the efficiency of tax collection in the country as he reassures Nigerians that there is no plan to impose more taxes on the citizens. He...
read more
CBN Issues Approved Guidelines For BDCs
May 23, 2024 No Responses

CBN Issues Approved Guidelines For BDCs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued its approved guidelines to regulate the activities of Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in the country. In its new circular released on Wednesday, the minimum capital base for Tier-1 BDCs is N2bn...
read more
TotalEnergies Unveils Kaminho Deepwater Project
May 22, 2024 No Responses

TotalEnergies Unveils Kaminho Deepwater Project

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, met on May 20 in Luanda with João Lourenço, President of Angola, Diamantino Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil & Gas (MIREMPET), Paulino Jerónimo, Chairman and CEO of ANP...
read more
CBN Raises Interest Rate To 26.25 %
May 22, 2024 No Responses

CBN Raises Interest Rate To 26.25 %

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the interest rate by 150 basis points from 24.75 per cent to 26. 25 per cent. Following a two-day meeting, the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to increase the Monetary Policy...
read more
DMO Raises N4.9tri For Ways And Means Securisation
May 21, 2024 No Responses

DMO Raises N4.9tri For Ways And Means Securisation

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has raised N4.9 trillion out of the N7.3 trillion approved for Ways and Means securitisation. “For the Ways and Means, out of the N7 trillion approved for securitisation, we have raised N4.905 trillion,” Oniha said....
read more
NCC Suspends Issuance Of Virtual Operators Licence
May 18, 2024 No Responses

NCC Suspends Issuance Of Virtual Operators Licence

The management of Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has temporarily suspended new licence issuance to operators in three categories. The categories affected include Mobile Virtual Network Operator Licence, Interconnect Exchange Licence and Value Added Se...
read more
FG, States, LGAs Share N1.2Trillion April Revenue
May 17, 2024 No Responses

FG, States, LGAs Share N1.2Trillion April Revenue

A total sum of N1.2trillion April 2024 Federation Account Revenue has been shared to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils in the country. The revenue was shared at the May 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee...
read more
Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 33.69 Per Cent
May 16, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 33.69 Per Cent

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 33.69% in April 2024 compared to March 2024 headline inflation rate which was 33.20%. This was according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday. “In April 2024...
read more
1 … 31 32 33 34 35 … 125