Nigeria’s Oil And Revenue Now $742.48bn - NEITI   The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said the Federal Government has earned $741.48billion revenue from the oil and gas sector. The earnings, according to the Executive Secretary Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, do not include the ones...

CBN Says 36 million Nigerians Lack Access To Financial Services    The Director of Information Technology at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Rakiyat Mohammed, has said that about 36 million Nigerians currently have zero access to financial services. Mohammed, who spearheaded the development and deployment of the...

Nigeria Loses $2bn To Oil Theft In Eight Months   The ad-hoc committee set up by the Senate to investigate oil theft and consequent damage on the nation’s economy said on Tuesday that Nigeria lost $2 billion, equivalent to N1.3trillion, to oil theft between January and...

Humanitarian minister blames Ahmed for N206bn budget padding Senate, Ministers Battle Over N206bn Budget Padding  The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has disclosed that the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, added N206bn to the humanitarian ministry’s budget. Farouq, who appeared before...

Naira Redesign: CBN Launches Countdown Clock The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched a countdown clock on its website for the January 31, 2023 deadline for the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes currently in circulation. The apex bank had announced a Naira redesign policy to produce...

Naira Redesign: CBN Directs Banks To Work On Saturdays The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed commercial banks to work on Saturdays to enable customers to return old naira notes in exchange for new ones. The apex bank had announced plans to redesign the N200,...