PTAD Owes Parastatal Pensioners N150bn       The Pension Transitional Arrangement Department (PTAD) has a liability of over N150 billion to pay pensioners who retired from parastatals of government. Its Executive Secretary, Dr. Chioma Ejikeme made this known in an interview. She, however, said the liability was being cleared...

Customs Intercept N1.9bn Drugs, Goods In Port, Others     The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized drugs and smuggled goods worth N1.9 billion at Apapa port and areas around its Kaduna zone. The Apapa Area Command yesterday, said it intercepted 28 container loads of pharmaceuticals valued at...

FG Targets N7bn Annual Tax Revenue From Solar     The federal government has highlighted some of the secondary benefits of the N140 billion solar power programme that is aimed at providing electricity to 25 million Nigerians through off-grid connections to five million homes. The Minister of Power,...

Households, Businesses Can Apply For N50bn COVID-19 Loans – CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that households and businesses affected by the COVID-19 can now apply for loans under its N50bn Targeted Credit Facility. It said the stimulus package was to support households...

BoI Grows Assets By 78.8% To N1.86trn The Bank of Industry Group concluded the 2020 financial year with a 78.8 per cent growth of assets from N1.04tn to N1.86tn between 2019 and 2020. A statement by the bank on Monday said the increase was driven...

Senate Summons AIICO, NICON, Others Over N17.4bn Pension Remittances The Senate Public Accounts Committee has summoned the management of the NICON Insurance Plc, AIICO Insurance and other insurance companies over their alleged failure to remit N17.4bn pension fund to the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate. The...