NERC Transfers Regulatory Oversight to Ekiti Board   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday, April 23, revealed that it has transferred regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Ekiti state from the commission to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (EERB). According to the commission,...

Buhari Inaugurates Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line For Commercial Operations President Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the commercial operations of Lagos-Ibadan railway project at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos, describing the feat “as another milestone in the drive of this Administration to revitalize the railway...

Ekiti Govt Threatens To Sanction N1.6bn CBN/BOI Loan Defaulters         Ekiti State Government has raised concern on the failure of beneficiaries to repay the about N1.6bn loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bank of Industry’s matching funds facility. The State Commissioner for Trade in...

Govs Fret As CBN Insists Budget Support Repayment Starts May       State governors again on Thursday requested that the repayment of their loans, especially the budget support, which ought to start this month be deferred. But the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, emphasised...

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...