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Gas Production In Nigeria Hits Seven Billion Cubic Feet Daily

Nigeria’s gas production has reached seven billion cubic feet per day (cf/d), according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who made this disclosure in Lagos, during a Gas Roundtable organised by Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), noted that...

Nigeria’s GDP Decline In Q3, Q4 2016

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Gross Domestic Product in real terms declined in the third and fourth quarters of 2016. The NBS made this known in its “Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report on Expenditure and Income Approach for the third and fourth...

Naira Falls To N360.13 Per Dollar

The naira has depreciated marginally to N360.13 per dollar in the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Window (NAFEX)​. The local currency had closed at N360.08 last weekend. ​Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ​yesterday, injected 195million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange(Forex) Market. Isaac Okorafor, ​a​cting Director​,...

Okonjo-Iweala’s Memo Caused N1.7tn Revenue Loss- Senate

The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Alleged Misuse, Under-Remittance and Other Fraudulent Activities has said revenue agencies short-changed the Federal Government the sum of N1.7tn as unremitted revenue generated between 2012 and 2016. The panel blamed it on a memo by a former Minister of...

Solving Nigeria’s Housing Problem By 2030 Impossible- Obasanjo

"Housing will continue to be a challenge for us till the next two generations", Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented. Obasanjo has called for smart policies that can stimulate investment in housing development to address the five million housing deficit in the country. He said if...

Over 800 Customs Officers Deployed To Combat Smuggling

About 800 senior officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit ( FOU) Zone ‘A’ , Ikeja, have been deployed to major towns and villages around the border areas of the country to increase the anti-smuggling war’s tempo. This is to curb...