FAAC Allocation In 2020 Not Bad
Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue to the Federal Government, 36 states and 774 local governments fell by just five percent to N7.14 trillion in eleven months (January to November) from N7.46 trillion in the same period of 2019.
Going...
Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue
By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta
The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...
Average Price Per Litre Of Kerosene Increases In November - NBS
The average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased to N353.38 in November from N352.93 in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says.
The Bureau made this known in its...
Banks’ Non-performing Loans Now N1.17trn – NBS
Non-performing loans in the Nigerian banking sector fell by N42.4bn in three months, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown.
According to figures obtained from the NBS’ latest Selected Banking Sector Data Report on Sunday, the...
Illegal Gold Mining: Senate Seeks Probe Of $9bn Annual Revenue Loss
The Senate on Wednesday urged the executive arm of government to investigate the alleged annual revenue loss of $9bn to illegal mining and smuggling of gold in Nigeria.
The upper chamber urged the Federal Government...
Discos Owe N416.94bn In Nine Months - NBET
Power distribution companies in the country failed to pay a total of N416.94bn for the electricity sold to them from January to September this year, the latest data from the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc have shown.
The...
