Poor Nigerians Will Reach 100 Million By 2022 – W/Bank       The World Bank on Thursday projected that the number of poor Nigerians will increase from the current 90 million to about 100 million by 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...

Profit Taking Persist On NSE, Market Capitalisation Loses N232bn         The Nigerian stock market closed on a negative note for the fourth straight session on Thursday with the market capitalisation losing N232 billion. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N18.304 trillion dipped N232 billion to close...

Naira Exchanges For N474/$      The naira exchanged to the dollar in the parallel market at N474/$ on Thursday. The naira which recorded slight improvement in recent days closed at the Importer & Exporter forex window at N394.6/$. However, the Central Bank of Nigeria retained the official exchange...

Oil Rises above $50, Highest In Nine Months         The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, soared above the $50 per barrel mark on Thursday for the first time since early March, buoyed by hopes of a faster demand recovery as countries start to roll out COVID-19...

FIRS Remits N251bn Education Tax In Ten Months - TETFund         The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collected N251 billion education tax in the first 10 months of year 2020 and remitted same to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) within the period. The Chairman, Board of...

CBN To Fund One Million Hectare Rice Farming       Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said the CBN was targeting to fund farmers to cultivate at least one million hectares of farms in the 2020 dry season farming in the...