N17bn Fraud: EFCC Arrests US-bound Obiano at Lagos Airport Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Obiano was arrested while trying to board...

World Bank: Nigeria Couldn’t Save $342.1m with DSSI The World Bank report says Nigeria could have saved about $342.1m between January and December 2021 through the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI). This was disclosed on its website in a brief on Debt Service Suspension Initiative updated...

Naira Falls to N585 per Dollar In the parallel market for foreign exchange, the Nigerian naira has dropped to N585 against dollar. The figure represents N4 or 0.7 percent depreciation compared to the N581 it traded last week. According to Bureau De Change (BDCs), popularly known...

Reps Probe 77 Oil Firms Over Unremitted N2.6trn Revenue   The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, commenced investigative hearing on the N2.6tn owed the Federal Government by 77 oil companies operating in Nigeria. The House is acting on the 2019 report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency...

Reps Grill Amaechi, BPE Officials Over $214m Deep Blue Contract   The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPE) has told the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy that it does not possess the documents presented by the HSL International Limited, which the Federal Government awarded the ‘Deep...

IMF: 93% of FG's Revenue In 2022 Will Be Spent On Interest The International Monetary Fund projected that Nigeria might pay 93 percent of its revenue to repay its debts by 2022. The Fund also predicted that by 2026, 139 per cent of the nation's income...