Investors Lose N33bn As Banking, Industrial Stocks Decline   Stock investors in the Nigerian Exchange Limited recorded a loss of N33.36bn at the end of trading on Thursday as banking and industrial stocks suffered declines. The NGX All-Share Index dropped by 0.15...

Fed Govt Owes Over N90bn Pension Liability To Defunct Agencies   The federal government is currently indebted to the staff of defunct agencies to the tune of N90billion as pension arrears. This was disclosed by the Director, Customs, Immigration and Pensions Department...

AMCON Empowered To Sell Debtor-firms, VIPs’ Assets As Buhari Signs Bill   President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act, amending the AMCON Act No.4, 2010. The development means AMCON has now been empowered to...

Manufacturers Owe Banks N3.71trn, Borrow N520bn In Eight Months   Operators in the nation’s manufacturing sector saw their combined debt to Nigerian banks rise to N3.71tn as they borrowed N520bn from January to August. Banks’ credit to the sector by 16.3 per...

Nigeria Records N18.54trn Real GDP In Q3, 2021   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said in third quarter (Q3) of 2021, Nigeria recorded N18.54 trillion real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Besides, the bureau said in the period under review, the...

W/Bank Projects $17.6bn Diaspora Remittance To Nigeria   The World Bank has projected $17.6 billion Diaspora remittances into Nigeria in 2021, representing 2.5 per cent increase from $17.2 billion recorded in 2020. The Bank gave this projection in a report titled, “Migration...