Monetary

In Two Years, AMCON Recovers N307bn Debt

In Two Years, AMCON Recovers N307bn Debt The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria says it has recovered a total of N307 billion debts between 2020 and 2021. An inter-agency committee set up on the recovery of debts owed to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria led...

NASS Probes MDAs Over N600bn Illegal Spending

NASS Probes MDAs Over N600bn Illegal Spending   The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced a full-scale investigation of 115 ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government for spending over N600bn outside their approved budgets on salaries and allowances. Office of the Auditor...

UK Pledges £200m For Nigeria, Others To Fight Climate Change

UK Pledges £200m For Nigeria, Others To Fight Climate Change   The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, James Cleverly, has said the UK will significantly step up its bid to help African countries fight climate change by supporting the African Development Bank’s Climate Action Window...

FIRS Remits Over N309bn Education Tax To TETFund

FIRS Remits Over N309bn Education Tax To TETFund   The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has remitted over N309 billion from education taxation to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The revenue generated by FIRS from across tertiary education institutions in the country between January and...

FG’s Expenditure Exceeds Revenue by N6tn in Six-Month

FG’s Expenditure Exceeds Revenue by N6tn in Six-Month The Central Bank of Nigeria latest data has revealed that Federal Government’s expenditure in the first six months of 2022 exceeded revenue by N6.23tn. According to the second quarter economic report on fiscal sector development compiled from the...

In One Month, Pension Assets Drop By N2bn

In One Month, Pension Assets Drop By N2bn   The total assets under the contributory pension scheme lost nearly N2bn in one month. This was contained in the National Pension Commission’s latest report titled, ‘Unaudited report on pension funds industry portfolio for the period ended 30 September...