Monetary

FG Grants Yola Disco N5bn Loan To Procure 85,000 Meters

FG Grants Yola Disco N5bn Loan To Procure 85,000 Meters         The federal government has granted the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), a N5 billion loan for sourcing of 85,375 meters for its customers. In December last year, the government said it was taking over the Disco...

NCDMB, PETAN Seal $30m Working Capital Scheme Pact

NCDMB, PETAN Seal $30m Working Capital Scheme Pact         The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) on Monday signed an agreement on US$30m Working Capital Scheme that will support the operations of oil companies against the adverse...

Infrastructure, Weak Policy Push Printing Losses To N3trn

Infrastructure, Weak Policy Push Printing Losses To N3trn         Discrepancies between duties on imported books and materials used for printing, the collapse of paper mills and importation of printed materials may have caused a loss of over N3 trillion, the Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of...

We Lost N1bn To #EndSARS Protests – NPA

We Lost N1bn To #EndSARS Protests - NPA         The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman, told the Senate on Monday that the agency lost more than N1bn when some unidentified people vandalised its facilities during the recent #EndSARS protests in October this...

Banks’ Non-performing Loans Now N1.17trn – NBS

Banks’ Non-performing Loans Now N1.17trn – NBS         Non-performing loans in the Nigerian banking sector fell by N42.4bn in three months, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. According to figures obtained from the NBS’ latest Selected Banking Sector Data Report on Sunday, the...

Unremitted Pension: 13 Employers Pay N56.5bn Penalties

Unremitted Pension: 13 Employers Pay N56.5bn Penalties         Thirteen defaulting employers whose pension liabilities to their employees have been established have been made to pay N56.5 billion penalties by the National Pension Commission (PenCom), according to a report. According to the commission, the money was paid following...