NNPC, NPA, Others To Face Senate Panel This Week Over Unremitted N2trn       The Senate Committee on Finance has sent out invitations to heads of 60 government-owned firms to start appearing before it from this week. They are to explain their failure to remit various funds running...

67 Aggrieved Depositors Lodged N11.7bn Complaints Against Banks – CIBN       The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has said it received 67 petitions from depositors against banks in 2020, with claims totalling amounted to N11.7bn. The CIBN disclosed this in its 2020 annual report, which was...

AfDB To Invest $3bn In Africa’s Pharmaceutical Industry         The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it would invest 3 billion dollars to build Africa’s pharmaceutical industry in the next 10 years. President of the AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this at a virtual Finance in Common...

Govt-owned Agencies Didn’t Remit N2trn To Federation Account - Senate       The Senate Committee on Finance has raised the alarm that some government-owned agencies has failed to remit over N2tn to the federation account from 2014 till date. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Solomon Adeola, stated...

Nigerian Insurers Settle N4bn #EndSARS Claims       The Nigerian Insurers Association has said insurance companies have so far paid N4bn claims from the estimated losses from #EndSARS protests in October last year. The Chairman, NIA, Mr Ganiyu Musa, disclosed this during a virtual press briefing in Lagos...

FEC Okays N6.2bn For Six Electricity Projects       The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved contracts worth $8.29m as well as N3bn for the execution of various electricity projects across the nation. The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, said the projects, most of which are procurement of equipment...