Multichoice Africa loses legal battle on $342M tax to FIRS.   The titanic legal battle by the South African Company, Multichoice Africa Holdings B.V with the Nigerian government owned Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) over the disputed $342M tax has been struck out. The Tax Appeal Tribunal...

'e-Commerce Will Hit $75bn By 2025'   Agusto & Co, has predicted an influx of new entrants into the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) segment of the Nigerian economy. It also estimated that Nigeria recorded a volume of $12 billion transaction on online purchases in 2020,...

In One Year, Oil Companies’ Gas Flare Payments Jump From $15.4m To $307.4m   Gas flaring payments made by oil companies increased from a meagre $15.5 million to $307.4 million between 2018 and 2019, the most recent audit report from the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...

IPMAN To Present Over N50bn Claim To Downstream Authority   The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said it would present its outstanding claims of over N50 million to the Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority’s management. It's National Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, said IPMAN...

Fed Govt Uncomfortable Exceeding Borrowing Limit – Ahmed   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the Federal Government is very uncomfortable with the fact that it exceeded the borrowing threshold in the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Ahmed, who spoke at the ongoing...

The adoption of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and its underlying technology, called block chain, can increase Nigeria’s GDP by $29billion over the next 10 years, President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja at the official launch of the eNaira. The President also...