Monetary

Nigerians Spent N74bn To Import Motorcycles In Q1, 2022

Nigerians Spent N74bn To Import Motorcycles In Q1, 2022   As the Lagos State Government clamps down on commercial motorcyclists and while some states try to regulate their activities, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said N74 billion was used to import motorcycles in the...

NPA MD Says Tin-Can Island Port Repairs To Gulp N360bn

NPA MD Says Tin-Can Island Port Repairs To Gulp N360bn   Indication has emerged that the reconstruction of Nigeria’s second largest seaport, the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos, will gulp about 600 million US dollars (N360 billion). Recall that the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) hinted at rehabilitating...

Customs Generates About N2bn From Erring Private Aircraft Owners

Customs Generates About N2bn From Erring Private Aircraft Owners     The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said it has so far generated about N2 billion from the revalidation of documents of private aircraft across the country. The service had in June 2021 threatened to detain private aircraft whose...

Reps Summon Water Resources Minister As Agency Auctions N2bn Assets For N13.6m

Reps Summon Water Resources Minister As Agency Auctions N2bn Assets For N13.6m   The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation has queried the management of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority for selling off government plant, property and equipment valued at over N2bn at...

Nigerians Spent $221m On Foreign Education In Three Months – CBN

Nigerians Spent $221m On Foreign Education In Three Months – CBN   An analysis of data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that Nigerians spent at least $220.86 million on foreign education between December 2021 and February 2022. This is according to the CBN...

Reps Probe Unremitted Multi-million-dollar Revenue Under NPA

Reps Probe Unremitted Multi-million-dollar Revenue Under NPA   The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has commenced an investigation of the multi-million-dollar debt owed the Federal Government by terminal operators at the nation’s seaports. It is also probing the alleged failure by the Nigerian Port...