FG, Shell In Talks Over Sale Of Nigerian Oil Assets       The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government is in talks with Shell over the planned sale of the company’s stakes in Nigeria’s onshore oil assets. The Nigerian oil...

MDAs Failed To Account For N1.2trn – FRC       The Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government are withholding about N1.2trn. The commission said this is according to audit reports of some MDAs and unaudited accounts of others. The FRC also said...

Should Senate Tackle Customs for Rice Seizure?, by Zubaida Baba Ibrahim       Despite being Africa’s highest producer of rice, Nigeria spent an average of $4.2bn on its importation. These statistics were the basis on which the ban on rice importation was implemented in 2019. The importation ban...

$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...

FG Loses $90m Yearly To Lagos Airport Concession — Reps         The House of Representatives has said the federal government loses over $90 million annually due to alleged shady deals involved in the concession of the local and international wings of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos...

LCCI, ACCI, Raise Concerns As Buhari Seeks Approval For Fresh $6.1bn Loan       The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry have both raised concerns over the rising debt profile of Nigeria following Buhari’s request that the Senate should...