Forex Scarcity Bars Marketers From Petrol Imports       Despite the deregulation of the downstream oil sector by the Federal Government, private marketers are still tied to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s apron strings as they continue to steer clear of petrol importation, ’FEMI ASU reports The expected...

COVID-19: States’ IGR, Allocations Crash By N180.4bn         State governments may be currently grappling with varying degrees of financial concerns, following the N180.4bn crash in their internally generated revenues and the allocations they received from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee. An analysis of various IGR and FAAC...

CBN’s Policy Blocks Investors, Banks From N622bn Illegal Earnings         The new Treasury Bills policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has effectively obstructed about N622 billion interest earnings that would have accrued to banks and other individual and corporate investors in the money market. The...

$500m Chinese Debt Sparks Confusion In Airport Concession       Federal Government’s plan to concession airports has run into difficulties over an existing debt and pact with China to build four new terminals at the cost of $500 million. The “concession within concession”, according to the coalition of...

NNPC Denies Non-remittance of N21bn Revenue To Federal Account         The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has denied allegations it did not remit N21bn revenue from Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to the Federation Account. Its Group Managing Director (GMD) Mele Kyari dismissed the allegation as pedestrian...

NNPC Cuts Losses To N82bn From N800bn       The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said losses from vandalism and oil theft has reduced from N800 billion in 2018 to less than N82billion, a feat attributable to clampdown on vandals by joint security efforts. Its Group Managing...