The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that N246.30 billion was generated as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the second quarter of the year. The…
View More VAT: N246.30bn generated in Q2 — NBSCategory: Business
FG Begins Disbursement of GEEP Loan in Abia
The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program,GEEP, loan in Abia State. The loan is a collaboration of the…
View More FG Begins Disbursement of GEEP Loan in AbiaStop accumulating debts, BudgIT warns states
A budget-based organisation, BudgIT, has cautioned Nigerian states to desist from accumulating debts especially from external loaners. BudgIT’s Lead Presenter, Mr Oluseun Onigbinde, who raised…
View More Stop accumulating debts, BudgIT warns statesFG scoop N140 billion from revenue leakages-Senate
The Senate yesterday said that through its probe of revenue leakages, the collection banks had remitted N140 billion to the Federal Government through the Central…
View More FG scoop N140 billion from revenue leakages-SenateAfDB to invest $24b in Agric
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to invest $24 billion in agriculture over the next 10 years to help unlock its potential and assure food…
View More AfDB to invest $24b in AgricGood News: Oil price rises towards $59
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, lifted by a fall in U.S. crude inventories and concerns that tensions in the Middle East could disrupt supplies. Brent…
View More Good News: Oil price rises towards $59AfDB to create 10,000 agric entrepreneurs
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to make agriculture a profitable business as well as create 10,000 young agricultural entrepreneurs per country in the next…
View More AfDB to create 10,000 agric entrepreneursNigerians must pay tax to solve problem of borrowing– Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has said the nation needs to generate more revenue through the payment of tax by Nigerians in order…
View More Nigerians must pay tax to solve problem of borrowing– AdeosunDagote’s Africa biggest refinery takes shape
The completion of Dangote Refinery in 2019 will mark another milestone in the Nigerian oil and gas industry as it holds the prospect of stopping…
View More Dagote’s Africa biggest refinery takes shapeOsinbajo, Elemelu, Dangote others harp business growth in Africa
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu, were among prominent Africans that yesterday, unanimously agreed…
View More Osinbajo, Elemelu, Dangote others harp business growth in AfricaNigeria’s .ng domain name hits 100,000
The adoption and use of the Country Code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), Nigeria’s .ng, is on the upward swing, as the figure hits 100,…
View More Nigeria’s .ng domain name hits 100,000Nigeria committed to poverty reduction
Nigeria has introduced measures to shore-up employment in order to eradicate poverty and transform the nation’s economy. Mr Arnold Jackson, Assistant Director, Nigerian Export Promotion…
View More Nigeria committed to poverty reductionSell out if you can’t run the business: Osibanjo charhges DISCOS
Vice President, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo has told the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to invest and run their businesses profitable or sell to those who can,…
View More Sell out if you can’t run the business: Osibanjo charhges DISCOSKachikwu, Baru discuss better ways in petroleum industry
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru,…
View More Kachikwu, Baru discuss better ways in petroleum industryDeadly wildfires sweep through wine country in Califonia
Parts of California’s wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. A state of emergency was declared in…
View More Deadly wildfires sweep through wine country in CalifoniaNigeria an investor’s haven, says Osinbajo
Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that Nigeria is an investors’ haven as the Buhari Presidency is making frantic efforts to enable the private sector…
View More Nigeria an investor’s haven, says OsinbajoCBN, stakeholders reiterate sustainable development via agric
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and stakeholders in the renewed drive for economic diversification through agriculture have reiterated that agriculture presents the major opportunity…
View More CBN, stakeholders reiterate sustainable development via agricElectric cars key to driving change in UK’s energy industry
You drive home and plug in your electric car, telling an app how many miles you need the next day. As you eat dinner, relax…
View More Electric cars key to driving change in UK’s energy industryOsinbajo off to London for FT’s Africa Summit
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Africa Summit, with the theme “What Makes Africa Work, ” taking place in…
View More Osinbajo off to London for FT’s Africa SummitTake stringent measures on penalties:Capital market shareholders task SEC, NSE
Capital market shareholders on Saturday called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to review the penalties imposed on…
View More Take stringent measures on penalties:Capital market shareholders task SEC, NSENigeria’s ‘poor quality’ yam rejected by US
Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, says the US rejected yam exports from Nigeria because of their poor quality. In June, Nigeria exported yams to China,…
View More Nigeria’s ‘poor quality’ yam rejected by USN26bn contribution to Agric SMEs soon
The Bankers Committee says commercial banks will start the disbursement of the N26 billion equity contribution to Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) in agriculture by…
View More N26bn contribution to Agric SMEs soon‘2017 budget to be rolled over into 2018’
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed Federal Government’s plan to roll over at least 60 per cent of 2017 capital2018 projects to…
View More ‘2017 budget to be rolled over into 2018’NLNG floors NIMASA over levies
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday held that Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Ltd (NLNG) was right in refusing to pay levies demanded by…
View More NLNG floors NIMASA over levies