DBN Disbursed N631bn To 313,000 MSMEs    The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has disbursed more than N631 billion to slightly over 313,000 MSMEs across the country, from N482 billion to more than 208,000 MSMEs at the end of the previous year. The Managing Director/ Chief Executive...

Fed Govt, US Firm Sign MoU On $15bn Rail Project   The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Niger Delta has signed a deal with a United States based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc, for the construction of a $15bn rail project that will stretch across...

'Diaspora Nigerians Remitted $168bn In Eight Years'   The Nigerian Diaspora community has remitted $168.33bn to the country in the past eight years, according to World Bank reports collated by our correspondents. This is as foreign investments inflow into the country fluctuated in the period under review...

Insurance Claims Now N1.5trn - NAICOM   Insurance companies paid N1.5trn claims in six years as businesses increased. The biggest advertisement needed to promote insurance patronage is prompt claims settlement according to industry experts. The Nigerian underwriting companies have so far paid N1.5tn claims to their customers in...

USA Budgets $5.7m To Support Nigeria   The United States of America plans to assist Nigeria with $5.7m to manage elections. This was according to the Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations document for Fiscal Year 2024 obtained by our correspondent. Economic Confidential observed that the $5.7m is...

DisCos Raked In N202.62bn Revenue In Q3, 2022   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected N202.62 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021). It rose by 7.54 per cent from the N188.11 billion collected in the...