NGX Launches First Exchange-traded Derivatives Market In West Africa   The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has launched West Africa’s first Exchange Traded Derivatives Market with Equity Index Futures Contracts. It said in a statement on Friday that this was consistent with the Exchange’s...

PFAs Invest N74.54bn In Infrastructure   The Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) invested N74.54bn in infrastructure out of the N13.76trn they received from the Contributory Pension Scheme at the end of February 2022. This was contained in the latest figures obtained from the...

'15% Imported Vehicle Levy Illegal Under Finance Act'   Former member of the National Automobile Commission committee, Lucky Amiwero, has justified the 15 per cent levy imposed by the Nigeria Customs Service on imported vehicles illegal, saying that it contravenes the...

Partial Grid Collapse and Nigeria's Worsening Power Crisis, by Umar Farouk Ahmad   On April 8, 2022, the national electricity grid suffered a system collapse. And it happened not once, but twice in a spate of three hours. Authorities of the Power...

CISLAC Condemns Buhari’s Pardon For Convicted Corrupt Politicians The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has condemned the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for granting state pardon to some corrupt politicians who were serving jail terms. CISLAC described the decision as a...

Blockchain Technology: Powering Transparent, Secure Digital Transactions, by Fom Gyem   Recently, at the National Students Security Summit 2022, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami reiterated the use of emerging technologies as veritable tools which Nigeria can...