LCCI To CBN: Review Policy On Repatriation Of Export Proceeds     It has become imperative for the Central Bank of Nigeria to review its policy on repatriation of export proceeds, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said. Director-General of LCCI, Dr Muda Yusuf, said this...

FIRS Grants Dangote Cement N22.32bn Tax Credit       The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has issued Dangote Cement Plc, tax credit certificates valued at N22.321 billion. The tax credit certificates were for the construction of Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota road in Lagos and the Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road connecting Kogi and Kwara...

Local Airlines Spend N44bn Annually On Overseas Maintenance       Overseas maintenance of aircraft costs scheduled local airlines excess of N44 billion yearly. The capital flight, from a conservative estimate of about 70 operating airplanes, lately soared given the black market exchange rate of close to N500/$1. Stakeholders said...

Oil Imports Gulped $1.32bn In 2020 - CBN       The quantity of foreign exchange used for oil imports in 2020 was $1.32bn, compared to $2.10bn in 2019, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria have shown. The CBN’s data on sectoral utilisation for transactions valid...

Local Airlines Rebound With Traffic Surge       Despite the operational hiccups facing the sector, local airlines have recorded a marginal rebound in business, recording improved passenger patronage across networks. And in response to the uptake, some of the carriers are opening new routes and reactivating old ones...

‘Nigeria Exports To Indonesia Now $700m’       Director of the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre, Hendro Jonathan, said Nigeria exported goods worth 700 million dollars to Indonesia last year. He explained that while Nigeria’s total export to the Asian country was $700 million, its import from Indonesia $300...