Nigeria Received $8.4bn Investment Announcement Inflows In Q1, 2021       Nigeria received about $8.4b investment announcement inflows in quarter one (Q1) 2021, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Yewande Sadiku has said. Sadiku disclosed this during a media briefing with journalists on the highlight...

NNPC Sells N267bn Crude Oil, Maintains 1.42m bpd Output       The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) sold crude oil worth N267.59 billion in February, while its total daily production stood at 1.42 million barrels per day in the first quarter of 2021, a document presented to...

MTN Loses 5m Users, Records N385.2bn Revenue In Q1, 2021       MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has reported a profit after tax of N73.75bn for the first quarter of 2021, up 42.35 percent from N51.74bn in the same quarter of last year. The telecommunications company said its profit...

Foreign Investment In Nigerian Stocks Drop To N60.11bn     Foreign portfolio investment in the Nigerian stock market dropped by eight per cent in the first quarter of 2021 to N60.11bn from N65.27bn in the same period of 2020. Foreign investors injected N16.73bn into the stock market in...

Customs command Increases Q1 Revenue Collection To N7.97bn       The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said its revenue collection rose by 36.8 per cent to N7.97bn in the first quarter of this year. The Comptroller of the command, Mr Hammi Swomen, disclosed...

External Reserves Lost $350m In Two Weeks - CBN       The country’s external reserves lost $350m in two weeks, falling to $34.9bn on April 29 from a high of $35.25bn as of April 16. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday revealed that the...