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Power: Investors pick holes in N701bn intervention fund

Investors in the Nigeria’s power industry have picked holes in the planned N701 billion power intervention fund by the Federal Government. They declared that the fund had the potential to worsen revenue shortfalls rocking the industry. Executive Director, Research and Advocacy for the umbrella body...

Adeosun resolves PenCom, NAICOM rift over N140bn annuity fund

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has brokered a resolution of the dispute between the National Pension Commission and the National Insurance Commission over a circular issued by PenCom directing life insurance companies to transfer their annuity asset holdings to Pension Fund Custodians. The...

NASS-NCS Impasse: NCS suspends motor duty payment

Following the tension generated as a result of misconception and misrepresentation of the Nigeria Customs Service planned motor duty payment, the leadership of the National Assembly and the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) met with a view to resolving the impasse and...

$1.1 bn Malabu deal, peak of graft – OBASANJO

  Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, to stop mentioning his name in the controversial $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal. Olusegun Obasanjo said he considered the controversial award of OPL 245 oil...

FG Saves $5m Daily from Ban on Rice, Wheat Imports

The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe said the policy on the ban of importation of rice and wheat has enabled the country to save $5 million daily. Chief Ogbe, who spoke in Garun Baba village in Kano during this year’s wheat farm harvest ceremony,...

Extend BVN Policy to Microfinance Banks, Adeosun Tells CBN

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has solicited the cooperation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in extending the Bank Verification Number (BVN) regime to account holders in microfinance banks (MFBs). Adeosun said this would facilitate the detection of accounts, which might have...