Economy Archives — Page 211 of 230

February 25, 2017 No Responses

2017: Customs targets N1.1 tri revenue

For the year 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has set a revenue target of N1.1 trillion. At the end of a strategic management meeting, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali,in a statement issued by national Public Relations Officer (PRO),...

February 24, 2017 No Responses

CBN re-introduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals

About three years after the policy was suspended, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced the re-introduction of bank charges on certain categories of cash deposits and withdrawals. In a circular to all Deposit Money Banks posted on...

February 22, 2017 No Responses

FG adopts 60-day plan on ease of doing business at seaports, airports, others

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) chaired by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved a 60-day national action plan to push through short term reforms at seaports, airports and other locations . The Acting President, who addre...

February 21, 2017 No Responses

WFE explains FSB’s access to financial market infrastructure

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has responded to a consultation from the Financial Stability Board (FSB) related to the Continuity of Access to Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) for a Firm in Resolution. Whilst focused on situations where a firm....

February 21, 2017 No Responses

Unauthorised Employment: Labour faults alleged agenda to sack 3,500 workers

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has flayed alleged plan by the Federal Government to sack 3,500 public servants “under the guise that their appointments were irregular and unauthorized”. In a pr...

February 21, 2017 No Responses

CBN announces new foreign exchange policy

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled a new foreign exchange policy with immediate effect. According to the CBN, in order to ease the difficulties encountered by Nigerians in obtaining funds for foreign exchange transactions, it would henceforth be...

February 20, 2017 No Responses

PwC survey predicts distruption of Nigeria’s financial service sector

Nigerian Retail banking and Payments sectors will be the most disrupted by a group of new companies building financial technology (FinTech) solutions, PwC’s Nigeria FinTech Survey 2017 report has predicted. According to PwC, the report is the result of insig...

February 16, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria seeks improved trade relations with U.S.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center Tuesday hosted the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah for a roundtable discussion with U.S. business executives at their office in Washington, D.C. The convers...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

FG to expand TSA Coverage, says Adeosun

To cover more agencies in 2017, the Federal Government has concluded plans to expand the Treasury Single Account (TSA). Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day retreat on the TSA, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun...

February 14, 2017 No Responses

Dangote to launch 25,000 hectares of rice scheme in Sokoto

Come Wednesday this week, Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is to launch in Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25, 000 hectares of rice Outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousand of employment opportunities for the rural...

February 14, 2017 No Responses

FG will intensify war against corruption, says Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will intensify the war against corruption to ensure that all those who abused the collective human rights of Nigerians through mindless looting of the treasury are...