U.S. To Increase Africa’s Yearly Development Finance To $6bn       The United States of America (USA) plans to increase its annual development finance to Africa by 20 per cent from about $5 billion to some $6 billion. Chief Operating Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), David...

COVID-19: Financial Institution'll Fund N1.8trn Stimulus Package – FG       The Federal Government on Thursday said about N1.8tn of its N2.3tn COVID-19 economic stimulus package would be funded by financial institutions. It also disclosed that about N288bn from the N500bn of the package funded through the 2021...

Customs Impound Explosives, Contrabands Worth N3.1bn       The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said it has impounded 42 drums of explosives in the form of calcium carbide and other contraband worth N3.1billion smuggled into Nigeria from Benin Republic. The...

AfDB, Afreximbank Reports Reveal $5bn Capital Outflow In 2020       The African Trade Finance Survey report has revealed that there were massive capital outflows from Africa, exceeding $5bn in the first quarter of 2020. The report by the African Export-Import Bank, in collaboration with the United Nations...

Nigeria Businesses Lose $29bn Yearly To Poor Electricity – W/Bank       The World Bank on Wednesday said businesses in Nigeria lose about $29bn annually as a result of the country’s unreliable electricity. It also observed that Nigeria had the largest number of people without access to electricity...

Nigeria, Others Lose N380bn Annually To Gulf Of Guinea Piracy Nigeria and other countries in the Gulf of Guinea have lost N380 billion yearly to sea robbers and pirates between 2015 and 2019. Data presented at the Nigerian Admiralty Colloquium in Lagos also showed that...