FG Earmarks N21bn To Modernise Railway Operations   The Federal Government has earmarked the sum of N21.09bn for railway modernisation, rehabilitation and maintenance of ongoing railway projects nationwide. An analysis of the 2023 Appropriation Act by our correspondent showed that the railway modernisation project under the line...

PFAs Generate N266bn From Fixed Income Securities   The Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) recorded N266.13bn gain from investment of pension funds in fixed-income securities in the third quarter of 2022. The commission revealed this in its 2022 third-quarter report on ‘Interest/coupons and dividends’. It stated, “The interest/coupons received...

At the launch of the e-Naira, a lot of Nigerians were not enthusiastic about the innovation as they were skeptical about its workability in the country.

Railway Debt Servicing Gulps N246bn   The Federal Government spent $548.67m (N246.11bn using the official exchange rate of N448.55 to a dollar by the Central Bank of Nigeria ) to service railway-related debts between 2016 and 2022, according to Nigeria’s external debt service payments reports by...

EFCC Recovers N13bn Illegal Fuel Subsidy Payments   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered about N13bn as proceeds of illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021. This was based on the National inherent risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing...

N22trn Loan To Attract Additional N1.8trn Interest, Says Buhari   President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, signed into law the 2023 budget proposal of N21.83tn along with the 2022 supplementary appropriation bill. It is the eighth and final budget of his regime. Buhari signed the 2023 budget at the...