Economy

Mega FAAC Allocations: How FG, States, LGcs Shared N8tr in 2018 ... FG Got N3.4tr, States/LGs N4.5tr Richest: Delta N285bn, Lagos N260bn, Kano N188bn Poorest:...

Rice Smugglers: EFCC, Security Agencies Get Matching Order The days of the illicit rice smuggling business may soon be over as the Presidency has given...

AGF Revives Treasury Journal The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has called on the members of the Treasury Journal Finance Committee to work...

AGF Saves N37bn, Pays Arrears of MDAs The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has reassured civil servants in the Country of the commitment...

NAF, CBN, Niger State Bag 2019 African PR Awards The Nigerian Airforce (NAF), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Niger State government have been named...

Over One Million Metric Tons of Rice Smuggled into Nigeria in 3 Months- RIPAN The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN) has raised an alarm...

Over 70% of Rice in Nigerian Markets are Foreign- Investigations …. Customs, CBN React Despite concrete and visible interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...

FAAC Shares N619bn for FG, States, LGCs in March 2019 A total of N619.857 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of...

The Minimum Dowry for Islamic Marriage is N13,438 - Cleric An Islamic cleric, Dr AbdulHameed Shuaib Agaka has said that the current minimum value of...

Kwara Debt Profile Stands at N30.2bn The Kwara State Government has clarified that contrary to speculation in the social media, the state’s current debt profile...

Women's Day: CBN Gov Insists on Equality without Compromising Excellence The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has lauded the contributions of...

FAAC Shares N660bn for FG, States, LGs in February 2019 A total sum of N660.368 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month...

Nigeria Makes Satisfactory Progress in EITI Standard Nigeria’s pioneering use of multi-stakeholder governance to disclose data on its upstream extractives value chain was recognised by...

Elections: WANEP sensitizes stakeholders on Farmers Manifesto Ahead of the 2019 General elections in Nigeria, the West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) has urged...

Nigeria Investigates Trafficking of Pangolin Scales Asia The Federal Government has initiated investigations into the seizure by the Vietnamese Customs Service‎ of over 2,500 kilograms...

ARC, Ghana Agree on Tackling Extreme Weather, Natural Disaster The Government of Ghana has signed a Programme of Work (Programme) with the African Risk Capacity...

Good Governance: MacArthur Foundation Commits Over N12.3bn On Nigeria The MacArthur Foundation has committed not less than $34.2 million or N12.3 billion between 2017 and...

NEITI: FAAC Disbursements increased by 32% to N8.5 Trillion in 2018 The Federation Allocation Account Committee (FAAC) disbursed N8.5 trillion to the three tiers of...

FIRS Goes After 85,000 Wealthy Tax Defaulters …Generates N23 billion from 45,000 …to share list of defaulters with police The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS),...

Only KEDCO Staff Can Collect Electricity Bills, Not NEPA 2 - MD The Managing Director of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Dr Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna,...