Monetary

Insurance Firms To Pay N20bn #EndSARS Claims

Insurance Firms To Pay N20bn #EndSARS Claims   Insurance companies will eventually pay about N20 billion in compensations for losses recorded during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Nigeria Insurance Association (NIA),...

Discos Lose N97bn To Energy Theft, Others In Three Months

Discos Lose N97bn To Energy Theft, Others In Three Months   Electricity distribution companies have said a total of N97bn was lost in the first quarter of this year to energy theft, capping of estimated billing and other factors. The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, the umbrella...

Onne Customs Generate N128.3bn In Nine Months

Onne Customs Generate N128.3bn In Nine Months   The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area II Command Onne Port, Rivers State, has collected a total of N128.3 billion as revenue from January to September 2021. This figure, as released through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu,...

Fed Govt Earmarks N71.6bn For Railway Projects

Fed Govt Earmarks N71.6bn For Railway Projects   The Federal Government has budgeted the sum of N71.6bn for new railway projects across the country. This is contained in the highlight of the 2022 budget of the Ministry of Transportation. The projects as contained in the 2022 budget presented...

NCAA To Decommission 7,012 Masts Over N5.96bn Debt

NCAA To Decommission 7,012 Masts Over N5.96bn Debt   The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has again threatened to decommission telecommunication masts belonging to operators that are indebted to the regulatory body. Worst hit will be Globacom Nigeria Limited; whose alleged debt of N5.96 billion has put...

We Didn’t Budget N2.8bn For Uniforms – FIRS

We Didn't Budget N2.8bn For Uniforms - FIRS   The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has denied budgeting N2.8 billion for uniforms and N550m for meals in the 2021 Appropriation Budget. A statement by the Executive Chairman of FIRS, Muhammad Nami, said a publication by a national...