Cross River Governor, Bassey Otu Signs N296bn 2024 Budget into Law Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has signed the 'Peoples First' Budget of N296, 985, 631, 978, 1k into law. The signing ceremony, which took place on Friday in Calabar, the state capital, has...

CBN Disbursed N300bn Agric Loans In Southern Nigeria – Emefiele       The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday that over N300bn had been disbursed to companies operating in southern part of Nigeria as part of its interventions in the agricultural sector. Emefiele...

Emefiele Faults Claims of Imbalance in Agric Interventions ...Tasks Stakeholders on Food Security The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claims in certain quarters suggesting that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain...

States’ Cash Cruch: CBN Kicks As Govs Beg FG To Postpone $2.1bn Support Repayment         State governors on Thursday at the monthly meeting of the National Economic Council appealed to the Federal Government to postpone the repayment of the $2.1bn budget support facility to states which...

19 States Lack Automated IGR Collection System – Fed Govt       Only 17 states out of the 36 states of the federation have fully automated their Internally Generated Revenue collection systems, the Federal Government said on Thursday. This implies that 19 states lack automated IGR collection systems. The...

Nigeria Raked In $150m From Coconut Oil In 2020       The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, on Wednesday in Benin disclosed that Nigeria generated $150m from the export of coconut oil and its derivatives in 2020. Speaking through his representative, Bernard Ukattah, a deputy...