NASS Raises Works Ministry Budget To Over N1trn The National Assembly has raised budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works from N657.3bn in the proposed budget to N1.03tn. This represents N373bn or 56.7 per cent increase from the initial figure in the appropriation bill. It also...

FIRS Suspends Implementation of VAT Guidelines   The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced the postponement of the implementation guidelines for the value-added tax simplified compliance regime on the supply of low-value goods through digital means by non-resident suppliers. In a statement, it said the postponement...

'Tinubu’s Trips Gulped N3.4bn in Six Months'   President Bola Tinubu has spent not less than N3.4bn on local and foreign travel within six months of assuming office. The figure is 36 per cent more than the N2.49bn earmarked for the President’s travel expenditure in the 2023...

Military To Spend N5.8bn On Electricity Charges, Despite Payment Default   The three branches of armed forces have proposed to spend N5,817,782,952 in 2024 to pay electricity charges. The amount is despite the military fingered among the government agencies that occasionally owed the Distribution Companies debt which...

EFCC To Splash Out N1bn on Local Travels, N413m on Vehicles The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has planned to spend N1,055,633,61 billion on local travels, analysis of the 2024 budget has shown. The commission also budgeted N113.4m on training for local travels while N389.6m...

$2bn Debt: Airlines Get $62m As CBN Repays Banks The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has paid $2bn to clear a part of its backlog of matured foreign exchange obligations to the Deposit Money Banks. Reports have put CBN’s forward contract obligations to banks at $7bn....