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...

Customs Generate N466.1bn Revenue In Q1,2021       The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N466.1 billion revenue in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021. The statistics obtained from the office of the Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah, yesterday, showed that the revenue was...

FG Generated N2.15trn From MDAs Operating Surplus - FRC       The Fiscal Responsibility Commission said it caused Ministries, Departments and Agencies to remit over N2.15tn into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Government as operating surpluses over the past 11 years. FRC Chairman, Victor Muruako, said...