Monetary

Senate Approves New Chinese Bank For $23bn Railway Project

Senate Approves New Chinese Bank For $23bn Railway Project   Senate on Tuesday rescinded its decision on the financier of the Kaduna-Kano railway project in the country from the China Exim Bank to the China Development Bank and harmonised the terms on the Federal Government’s 2016-2018...

Buhari’s Administration: Chinese Loans Rise By 209%, Hit $4bn

Buhari's Administration: Chinese Loans Rise By 209%, Hit $4bn   Federal Government’s borrowing from China has grown by 209.15 per cent under Muhammadu Buhari administration. This is as total bilateral loans rose by 219.91 per cent from $1.58bn as of June 2015 to $5.07bn as of December...

Customs Rake In N54bn Revenue In Three Months

Customs Rake In N54bn Revenue In Three Months   The Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) says it generated over N54 billion revenue from its operations in Area 2 Command, Onne Port, Rivers State, between January and March, 2023. The Comptroller, Baba Imam, who stated this during a briefing...

Fed Govt $22bn Loan Request Declined By Chinese Bank – Reps

Fed Govt $22bn Loan Request Declined By Chinese Bank – Reps   The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved the request by the Federal Government to borrow $973,474,971.38 from China Development Bank. This followed the decision by the China-Exim Bank to reject Nigeria’s $22,798,446,773 loan request earlier...

Despite Acceptance of Old Notes, Crowd Overwhelm Banking Halls

Despite Acceptance of Old Notes, Crowd Overwhelm Banking Halls The CBN had earlier instructed commercial banks to immediately collect the old naira notes, deposited at the apex bank, promising that before the end of the week, the nation would be awash with more naira notes,...

FG Loses Suit To Recover N70trn Loot Over Poor Prosecution

FG Loses Suit To Recover N70trn Loot Over Poor Prosecution   Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out the Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and forfeit the sum of N70tn it alleged was stashed in 29 bank accounts by...