Monetary

BoI Assets Increase By 39% To N2.38trn

BoI Assets Increase By 39% To N2.38trn   The Bank of Industry (BoI) said its asset base rose from N1.71tn to N2.38tn in 2022 financial year. The Chairman, Board of Directors (BoI) Mallam Aliyu Dikko, disclosed this during the bank’s 63rd annual general meeting in Abuja. In a...

Nigeria Loses N313bn As Oil Theft, Shutdown Rise

Nigeria Loses N313bn As Oil Theft, Shutdown Rise   Rising oil thefts and workers’ strikes have led to a huge drop in Nigeria’s oil production output, culminating in the loss of hundreds of billions of naira in oil earnings. Crude oil production in Nigeria crashed by over...

Report Revealed Contributory Pensions Gained N590bn In Q1, 2023

Report Revealed Contributory Pensions Gained N590bn In Q1, 2023   The assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme rose by N590bn in the first quarter of 2023, figures from the National Pension Commission (PenCom) have revealed. The figures disclosed that the assets rose from N14.99tn as of the...

Foreign Investors Decline Holdings in Nigerian Stocks by 58%

Foreign Investors Decline Holdings in Nigerian Stocks by 58% Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) scaled down their investments in Nigerian’s stock market to N53.71 billion in the first quarter of 2023, Q1’23, following concerns around rising socio-political risks, increased naira volatility among others. This represents a 58.3...

DMO Says Repayment Of N22.7trn Loan To Begin 2026

DMO Says Repayment Of N22.7trn Loan To Begin 2026   The repayments of principal to service the loans from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the Ways and Means Advances will begin in four years. This was according to a disclosure by the Debt Management Office...

Fuel Subsidy: CISLAC Queries $800m World Bank Loan for Nigerians

Fuel Subsidy: CISLAC Queries $800m World Bank Loan for Nigerians   The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has queried the Federal Government over the World Bank’s $800 million loan to the country, as a palliative to cushion the effect of the proposed fuel subsidy removal...