N178bn Bad Debt: Reps Dismisses Allegation Against NPA The House of Representatives has exonerated the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko of N178 billion bad debt allegations as contained in the 2019 audited financial statement of the authority. The Chairman of the House...

Egypt Acquires $35 billion UAE Investment Deal On Friday, Egypt revealed a $35 billion investment deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to develop the Ras El Hikma peninsula. This signals a new era of economic revitalization and foreign investment attraction that could serve as a...

Naira Plunges at NAFEM, Parallel Market The Naira value weakened by 1.9% or N28.73 against the United States Dollar on Thursday, February 22 on the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) despite unconventional approaches to ease the free fall of the currency. It closed at...

Chainalysis: Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Drops By 29% A Chainalysis report states that money laundered through cryptocurrency exchanges declined by 29 per cent in 2023. The report, obtained on Thursday, revealed that those illicit funds dropped by approximately $9.3bn, declining from $31.5bn in 2022 to $22.2bn in...

CBN’s N22.7tr Overdraft to Govt will be Audited – Wale Edun The N22.7 trillion Ways and Means debt incurred by the Federal Government will be audited, Minister of Finance Wale Edun said yesterday. The Coordinating Minister for the Economy explains that the measure, which has since...

EU To Invest €37m In Nigeria’s Power Sector   The European Union (EU) is set to invest €37 million in the power sector in Nigeria, in addition to the about €200 million grants it has invested in the sector since 2008. This disclosure was made by the...