Nigeria, Others Lost $1trn Oil Revenue In Two Years – OPEC       Nigeria and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries lost about $1tn in revenue due to the plunge in oil prices in 2015 and 2016. OPEC’s Secretary-General, Sanusi Barkindo, who disclosed this...

African Carriers Record $10.2bn Passenger Revenue Loss       The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has released its 2020 Africa Air Transport Report indicating that carriers on the continent recorded an estimated $10.21 billion passenger revenue loss in 2020. The report gave an in-depth analysis of Africa’s air transport...

Remittance To Low, Middle-income Countries Now $540bn       Remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion last year, just 1.6 per cent below the 2019 total of $548 billion, according to the latest Migration and Development Brief by World Bank has shown. The bank said...

COVID-19: CBN Disburses N253bn To 470 Households, 77, 000 SMEs         The Acting Director Corporate communications Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, has said that the bank disbursed N253 billion to 548,345 beneficiaries as part of its responses to the COVID-19...

BOI’s Response to Industries On Life Support, by Tanimu Ahmed   The story of the year 2020 should be all about Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying job losses, decline in global trade and the shut down of industry across the globe. Many observers will readily claim...

$40bn Investments Needed for Nigeria’s Gas Plan - NNPC       The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the Nigerian oil and gas industry will require at least $40 billion in direct investments in basic infrastructure to achieve the federal government’s much talked-about about “Decade...