OPEC, Russia Deal Raises Hope For Crude Oil         A fresh hope for oil producing countries such as Nigeria, and Algeria was raised at the weekend as oil prices hit the highest level since early March after major producers agreed to a cautious increase in output...

Half Year Real GDP Stands At 12.18% - NBS         The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for the first half of this year was -2.18 per cent year-on-year. It said in the first quarter (Q1) of this...

Enhancing Agritech Innovations For Food Security and Youth Empowerment By Inyene Ibanga         Agriculture has undergone rapid transformation, from the era of the industrial revolution, when farmers depended on manual labour to carry out their operations. Direct labour was deployed during the process of clearing the land,...

IMF Seeks Unified Exchange Rate For Naira         The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to get the country a unified exchange rate for the naira. It remained stable at N378 to dollar on the CBN’s official rate. The naira was on...

Naira Continues Further Decline       The naira depreciated against the dollar across the official and parallel markets yesterday with many pundits predicting further decline of the national currency. At the official Investors and Exporters (I & E) Window, naira declined by 2.0 per cent to N393.25 per...

Income Tax Revenue Lags Behind Fed Govt Projections         Amidst various pressures on the Federal Government’s finances and 2020 budget’s revenue estimates, an indication has emerged that the government has already recorded a 25.3 per cent shortfall in Company Income Tax, CIT, in the first six...