Fed Govt May Exceed N7.89trn 2021 Revenue Target As Oil Prices Soars         There are indications that the Federal Government may be on course to meet and perhaps, surpass the projected oil revenue target in the 2021 budget if the recent rise in the prices of...

NAICOM, NIA Clash Over Recapitalisation Of Insurance Firms       The National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, and the Nigerian Insurance Association, NIA, have disagreed over the appropriate recapitalisation model for insurance firms. While NAICOM has stipulated the general capital requirements for the different categories of the insurance business and...

Fed Govt Records 17.3% Shortfall In Companies’ Income Tax         Against the backdrop of pressures on the Federal Government’s finances and 2020 budget revenue estimates, an indication has emerged that the government may have already recorded a shortfall of 17.3 per cent in the Company Income...

2021 Economy Outlook And CBN’s Solutions         The year 2021 is literally here. Suddenly it has become the year for a magic which was initially expected for 2020, but which disappointed due, obviously, to the public health crises of COVID-19 that practically pressured all economies, including...

Air Travel Earns $1.7bn Annually, Create 341,000 Jobs       Contribution of the air travel sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been put at $1.7 billion yearly, with at least 341,000 direct jobs. The Commissioner of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria, Akin Olateru, made...

Rising Youth Unemployment is a Waiting Time Bomb By Joy Nguri Current youth unemployment figure in Nigeria is estimated at about 17.1 percent of the over 200 million population. This data are estimates from the International Labour Organization, ILO, an agency of the United Nations saddled...