How Pension Funds’ Investment In Equities Rose To N1.4trn In Q1, 2023   The Net Asset Value, NAV, of Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) investments in equities has risen by 36.6 % to N1.460 trillion at the end of first half 2023, HI’23, from N1.069 trillion in...

FG Eyes Capital Market To Achieve N100trn Assets Goal   The Ministry of Finance Incorporated, the investment vehicle of the Federal Government, has set its eyes on the capital market to raise funds as it seeks to meet its targets of having N100tn assets under management...

FG Raises N4.46trn Bonds To Bridge Budget Deficit   As the federal government intensified borrowing from local investors to bridge the 2023 budget deficit, the government through the Debt Management Office (DMO) raised a total of N4.46 trillion from the bond market in eight months of...

Electricity: Niger, Togo, Benin Owing Nigeria N12.6bn For 2023 Q1   Amidst growing tension between Nigeria and its northern neighbour, Niger Republic, official report has indicated that Niger together with Togo and Benin Republic indebtedness to Nigeria on electricity supply has hit $16.11 million (about N12.60...

In One Month, Transportation Cost Increased By 98% – NBS   The average cost of bus transportation within Nigerian cities rose from N649.59 in May 2023 to N1,285.41 in June 2023 as the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit rose, according to the National Bureau of...

Workers Transferred N822bn To New Operators, Dump PFAs - PenCom   No fewer than 203,127 workers have changed their Pension Fund Administrators and moved N822.37bn from their Retirement Savings Accounts since the National Pension Commission (PenCom) opened the window of transfer. PenCom disclosed this in its transfers...