Bank Assets Rise By 21% To N64.32trn   Nigerian banks’ total assets rose by N11.15tn in one year to N64.32tn as of the end of April. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed that the assets of the lending institutions had hit N53.17tn in the...

Why Reps Probe 5-Year Fuel Subsidy, Allege N2.9tr Diversion The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime from 2017 to 2021. The committee is also to query an alleged $7 billion (about N2.905 trillion) oil...

Credit to Private Sector Hits N3.01trn In Five Months   With the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) retaining 65 per cent minimum Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR), among other policies to boost lending, credit to private sector between January and May 2022 added N3.01 trillion reaching an all-time...

FG’s Borrowing From Local Investors Rises By 21% In H1, 2022   The Federal Government borrowed N4.2 trillion from local investors in the first half of the year (H1’22), representing 21 per cent, year-on-year YoY, increase from N3.89 trillion borrowed in the first half of 2021...

World Bank Says Fuel shortage, Inflation’ll Weaken Nigeria’s Economic Growth   The World Bank has said that fuel shortage and rising inflation will likely restrain economic growth in Nigeria. It said this in the June 2022 edition of its Global Economic Prospects report. The financial institution had projected...

TETFund: N185bn Spent On Training 35,000 Nigerian Scholars A total of N185 billion has been expended on the training of 35,000 Nigerian scholars by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund. The scholars drawn from public tertiary institutions across the country, were trained by TETFund under...