Global Women Network to Hold Tech Seminar in Abuja
Global Women Network, a nongovernmental organization based in the United Kingdom with roots in Nigeria, is hosting a seminar to…
Day: March 8, 2022
Fintech company inaugurates programme for regulators, providers
EMTECH, a fintech firm for central banks and regulators, and Global Infoswift Consulting have launched FINREG Learn, a capacity-building program…
Nigeria Google customers to pay 7.5% VAT from April 1
Google, the technology giant, has announced that Nigerians who use its platform to conduct business will be required to pay…
Oil-producing communities kick, want Senate to review PIA
Members of the Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas are fighting identified loopholes in the Petroleum Industry Act and urging…
Investors lose N4 billion as NGX reopens bearish
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) sustained a sliding profile at the reopening of transactions, yesterday, as many blue-chip stocks, especially…
Customs bow to pressure, suspend e-valuation of imported vehicles
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Customs Service on Monday announced a 31-day suspension of the controversial electronic valuation system…
FIRS, others’ revenue collection cost rises by 49%, hits N329bn
The cost of revenue collection by key revenue-generating agencies of the Federal Government rose by N108.98bn between 2019 and 2021.…
CBN’ll boost local production with agric initiatives, says Emefiele
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has expressed satisfaction with what he described as the high interest…
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications for Nigeria’s Wheat Importation
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia could affect Nigeria’s importation of wheat, a major ingredient used for the production of…
FG Insists Nigeria Has Enough Petrol in Stock, Says Supply Disruption an Accident
Despite the growing queues across the country, the federal government has maintained that there is enough petrol in the depots to…
Qatari Investments In Nigeria to Hit N500bn, Says Envoy
With current renewed efforts at strengthened bilateral relations, the State of Qatar has forecasted that its level of investment in…
NEITI: Companies Owed FG N1.32trn in 2020, Oil Revenue Dipped by 40%
The Nigeria Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) revealed yesterday that oil companies’ liabilities to the federation as of December 31st,…
US Firm, Kimberly-Clark Expands Investment in Nigeria to over $100m
The United States has stated that it is proud to be one of the largest foreign investors in Nigeria, as…
World Bank approves $723 million emergency financing package for Ukraine
The World Bank has approved a $723 million grant package for Ukraine, which would help the country’s government budget while…
Fed Govt, Ukraine turn back volunteer fighters
The Federal Government has stated its opposition to the recruitment of Nigerians as mercenaries to fight in Ukraine or elsewhere…
APC crisis: Why Buhari approved Buni’s sack
Prominent leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) confirmed yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the removal of the chairman…
Excitement as Benin Republic grants Sunday Igboho conditional release
The Benin Republic has granted the embattled Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a. Sunday Igboho), a conditional release. According to…
NCDMB: Afreximbank Invested over $42bn in African Enterprises in Five Years
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) yesterday disclosed that the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) had invested more than…