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...

Senate Panel To Tinubu: Present Supplementary Budget For CNG Project   The Senate Committee on Gas has urged the executive arm of government to present a 2023 supplementary budget to the National Assembly to kick-start the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) project. The panel, which commended President Bola...

11 Banks’ Non-performing Loans Hit N1.67trn   Following write-offs, restructuring of facilities, Global Standing Instruction (GSI) and credit risk management as a result of economic challenges, a total of 11 banks recorded N1.67 trillion non-performing loans (NPL) during the first half (H1) of 2023, an increase...