Insurance Claims Now N1.5trn - NAICOM   Insurance companies paid N1.5trn claims in six years as businesses increased. The biggest advertisement needed to promote insurance patronage is prompt claims settlement according to industry experts. The Nigerian underwriting companies have so far paid N1.5tn claims to their customers in...

USA Budgets $5.7m To Support Nigeria   The United States of America plans to assist Nigeria with $5.7m to manage elections. This was according to the Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations document for Fiscal Year 2024 obtained by our correspondent. Economic Confidential observed that the $5.7m is...

Nigeria’s Indebtedness To World Bank Hits N6trn   Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank has risen by 121.46 per cent under the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari. Economic Confidential learnt that the total debt owed to the World Bank Group by Nigeria rose by $7.64bn (N3.52tn, using...

DisCos Raked In N202.62bn Revenue In Q3, 2022   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected N202.62 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021). It rose by 7.54 per cent from the N188.11 billion collected in the...

Currency in Circulation Increases By 71% To N1.6trn – CBN   The currency in circulation in the country jumped by N701.4tn in one month to hit N1.6tn in March, 2023 after the Central Bank of Nigeria reversed its policy on the naira redesign. According to the CBN,...

Kogi, Six Other States Lose N45bn FG Funding   The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and the Chairman of the Federal Cares Steering Committee, Clem Agba, has disclosed that only 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory, are beneficiaries of the funds disbursed...