External Reserves Drop by $841m in Three Months   Nigeria’s external reserves fell by $841.75m between July and September, figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed. The CBN revealed in its report on the movement of external reserves that the reserves, which stood at...

Pension in N2.4trn Deficit Before Reforms, Says PenCom Boss   The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, has stated that the pension reforms in the country started when Nigeria was struggling with a N2.4tn deficit. This was disclosed in a new book titled...

Nigeria Borrowed $1.21bn as 28 States Failed to Attract Foreign Investments     Nigeria relied on foreign borrowing ($1.21bn) to boost its capital importation in the first six months of 2023. This is as 28 states failed to attract any foreign investments in the time under review, according...

Only 40m Out of 200m Nigerians Pay Tax – RMAFC   Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Bello Shehu, has revealed that only 40 million out of over 200 million Nigerians currently pay taxes to the nation’s coffers. Speaking with Economic Confidential, Shehu said that...

Reps To Probe N15.5trn Pension Assets   The House of Representatives is set to investigate the status of N15.5 trillion pension assets being regulated by the National Pension Commission (PenCom). It will also probe the status of the N10trn loaned to the federal government and efforts being...

'Over N10trn Spent On Refineries'   The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele has said that the National Assembly has spent over N10 trillion on the country’s refineries and yet they do not work. Oyedele, who stated this during the Platform...