Credit To Private Sector Increases By 6.68% To N32.8trn       With a significant percentage given to large corporates, multinationals and high end medium enterprises and no noticeable impact on the real sector, which concerns production, purchase, flow of goods and services, credit to private sector maintain...

FAAN Contractors Cry Out Over N140bn Debt       The controversy trailing the proposed concession of four international airports by the Federal Government took another dimension yesterday following revelations that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) owes contractors over N140bn. This is coming barely a week after...

Trade Ministry Seeks Amendment To PIA, Targets N1bn Revenue       There are indications that the the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has put machinery in motion to push for the amendment of the newly passed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to address certain conflict with...

39 Million Africans May Fall Into Poverty This Year - AfDB President       President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has warned that another 39 million people in the continent could fall into poverty at the end of this year. Adesina stated this at...

Ibadan Disco Laments N8.5bn MDAs Debt       Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc has said it is owed over N8.5bn by ministries, departments and agencies of government. IBEDC, which covers Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Kwara states as well as part of Kogi, Ekiti and Niger states, put the...

Nigeria’s Data Usage Rises By 202% In Three Years - NCC       Data usage in Nigeria surged by 202.08 per cent in three years, according to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission. According to the subscriber/network data reports of 2018, 2019, and 2020, data usage rose from...