Monetary

Imo Lecturer In Dilemma Over TETfund N10m Grant

Imo Lecturer In Dilemma Over TETfund N10m Grant             A lecturer in the department of Electrical and Electronics from the Imo State University, (IMSU) Owerri in Imo State, Mr Christian Obinwa Ahamaefule is presently embroiled in a N10 million Tertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFUND) grant allegedly approved...

Customs May Generate N500bn From Overtime Cargoes Auction

Customs May Generate N500bn From Overtime Cargoes Auction             The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) may rake in over N500 billion from over 8,000 overtime cargoes that are trapped at the port where the cargoes and the auctioning are subjected to due diligence. Sources at the Nigerian Shippers...

Senate Indicts 39 MDAs Over N2.2bn Payment Advances

Senate Indicts 39 MDAs Over N2.2bn Payment Advances           The Senate has indicted the Budget Office, the ministries of information, interior and 36 other federal agencies for allegedly failing to retire advances amounting to N2.2bn to the Federation Account. This is part of the Senate resolution after...

Nigerians Spend $13bn Annually On E-Commerce — Fed Govt

Nigerians Spend $13bn Annually On E-Commerce — Fed Govt             The federal government had said that e-commerce spending in Nigeria is estimated at $13 billion annually. The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Evelyn Ngige, said this in Abuja at the...

VAT Judgement: FIRS May Lose N92bn Revenue To States

VAT Judgement: FIRS May Lose N92bn Revenue To States             If the judgement of the Federal High Court asking states government to collect Value Added Tax in their domain is upheld by the Appeal Court, the Federal Inland Revenue Service will lose about N92bn which it...

Remittances To Nigeria, Others May Drop To $41bn This Year – Report

Remittances To Nigeria, Others May Drop To $41bn This Year - Report               Remittances to Nigeria and other African countries are expected to decrease by 5.4 percent from $44 billion in 2020 to a projected total of $41 billion in 2021, due to the effects of...