Powering Nigeria’s Digital Literacy Journey, by Inyene Ibanga       The acquisition of digital literacy and skills is becoming a necessity. The exposure to digital literacy empowers more citizens to safely benefit from, participate in, and contribute to the rapidly evolving digital world. It is critical to...

$700m Looted Funds Returned In 4 yrs; Nigeria Receives £4.2m Recovered From UK — Malami       The Federal Government recovered $700 million looted funds in the last four years, even as it just received the £4.2 million taken from Delta State’s treasury by an ex-governor of...

Illicit Financial Flows Will threaten Economic Stability– Finance Minister Illicit financial flows (IFFs), unless checked, will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, threaten economic stability and sustainable development, divert money from public priorities and hamper government’s efforts to mobilise domestic resources and recover...

AfDB, European Bank To Bridge $2.5tn Africa’s Financing Gap       The African Development Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote sustainable private sector development in Africa. In a statement issued by its Communication and External...

N120bn Petrol Subsidy To Double As CBN Adjusts Exchange Rate       As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) signals a subtle harmonisation of exchange rates with the removal of N379/$1 official rate from its website, all is set for labour unions to lock horns with the...

Despite Buhari’s Forex Ban, Food Imports Gulps $1.24bn       Food products imports gobbled up $1.24bn of the foreign exchange supplied by the Central Bank of Nigeria from October 2020 to March 2021 despite the ban directive from President Muhammadu Buhari. The foreign exchange used for the importation...