National Assembly To Begin NDIC Act Amendment   The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Darlington Nwokocha, has stated that the committee’s is ready with the amendment to the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Bill in order to maintain a sustainable banking...

Pension Assets Rise By 0.8% To N13trn   Total Pension assets of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, increased by 0.8 per cent Month-on-Month, MoM, to N13 trillion in September 2021 from N12.9 trillion recorded in August 2021. According to the unaudited report on pension funds industry portfolio...

Nigeria’s Exports To Hit $112bn By 2030 - Report   A new research by Standard Chartered has projected that global exports will almost double from $17.4tn to $29.7tn over the next decade, with Nigeria topping the volume for Africa. At 9.7 per cent yearly growth rate, the...

Oil Sector GDP Contribution Drops By N270bn In Nine Months   The contribution of crude petroleum and natural gas sector, which is a subsector under the mining and quarrying sector, to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product dropped from N2.82tn in the first quarter of 2021 to N2.55tn...

CBN Urges FG To Prioritise Investment In Infrastructure   The Central Bank of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to prioritise investment in infrastructure to improve the country’s business environment and boost economic growth. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor made the call Tuesday night in Abuja...

Dollar Shortage, Subsidy, Deficit Financing Threatening Nigeria’s Growth – W/Bank   The World Bank has said that economic growth in Nigeria is being threatened by certain macroeconomic challenges, including dollar shortage, petrol subsidy and the fiscal deficit financing by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The bank disclosed...