COVID-19: CBN Disburses N253bn To 470 Households, 77, 000 SMEs
The Acting Director Corporate communications Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, has said that the bank disbursed N253 billion to 548,345 beneficiaries as part of its responses to the COVID-19...
FG Okays N14.8bn Workers’ Insurance Cover, COVID-19 Oxygen Plants
The Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of N9.2bn as premium for insurance companies who will manage group life insurance coverage for federal civil servants.
The Minister of Information and...
'Nigeria, Others Need $15.7bn To Upgrade Refineries'
African countries will need about $15.7 billion to upgrade existing 36 refineries on the continent to produce petroleum products that will conform with a planned level of sulphur content.
African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) disclosed that the $15.7...
PFAs Invest N8.3trn In FGN Securities
Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) have invested N8.32 trillion in Federal Government’s Securities, out of the N12.39 trillion pension fund assets recorded as at April 2021.
According to the National Pension Commission (PenCom) Monthly Summary Report released on April 26, 2021,...
$40bn Investments Needed To Boost Power Supply In Nigeria - FG
The federal government has said that there’s still a lot of financing gap in the country’s power sector, requiring an immediate funding of $40 billion in the generation, transmission and distribution value chain.
The government...
AMCON Drags 3,000 Defaulters To Court Over N5trn Debt
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is currently pursuing bad debts of about 3,000 debtors in various courts in the country.
It disclosed this on Sunday in a statement titled ‘Recovery for N5tn debt burden, AMP scheme...
