PenCom Says Workers Accessed N986.88m Pension Savings For Mortgage   No fewer than 90 workers have accessed N986.88m out of their Retirement Savings Accounts with their Pension Fund Administrators to enable them acquire residential mortgages as of the end of June 2023. The National Pension Commission (...

Chinese Loan Hits $4.73bn, Rises By $800m in One Year   Nigeria’s debt to China increased from $3.93bn as of June 30, 2022, to $4.73bn as of June 30, 2023, showing an increase of $800m in one year. It is an increase of 20.36 per cent from...

Tax Exemptions, Waivers to Cost FG N12.4trn in Four Years   A whopping N12.384 trillion will be forgone by the Federal Government as tax waivers, concessions and incentives in the four years (2023 – 2026). Beneficiaries of these revenue losses include big corporations, start-ups and politically exposed...

We Recover N25.13bn Unremitted Pension Contributions - PenCom   The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has recovered N25.13 billion from defaulting employers. PenCom made this known in a report. The sum, it said, comprised N12.80 billion principal contributions, and N12.33 billion penalties for delayed payments. The amount covered between...

'Nigeria’s Inflation Rate to Hit 30% by December 2023'   Stears, a leading economic analysis and data-driven insights provider, on Tuesday announced its market-leading Pan-African inflation forecasts, projecting Nigeria’s annual inflation rate to climb steadily until year-end, closing the year at around 30 per cent, a...

FG to Implement Telecoms Tax to Boost Revenue   The Federal Government is set to implement excise duty on telecommunication services to boost its revenue base. It disclosed this in its newly released 2024-2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. It would be recalled that President Bola...