Nigeria Hits $1.5bn In Crypto Trading     Despite the ban on crypto-currency trading in Nigeria, the country has emerged as the biggest market for Paxful, a global peer-to-peer fintech and crypto-currency trading platform, with an impressive volume which currently stands at $1.5 billion and 1.5 million...

In One Month, CBN Injects $1.47bn Into Forex Market       The Central Bank of Nigeria injected $1.47bn into the foreign exchange segment of the market as part of its efforts to stabilise the naira in January. According to figures from the CBN’s January report on its foreign...

Petroleum Products Worth N15.71bn Lost To Vandalism In 2020 – NNPC       Amid continued pipeline vandalism in the country, petroleum products worth N15.71bn were lost last year, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Data obtained from the NNPC showed that petroleum products worth N1.71bn were lost...

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...

Accountant-general, NEITI To Recover $5.31bn, N69.5bn From Extractive Industries         The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday vowed that his office would work with the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative to recover N69.5bn and $5.31bn from the extractive sectors for the Federal Government. Last month,...

Nigeria’s Rig Count drops By 55.34% In Q1, 2021       The rig count of Nigeria has dropped by 55.34 per cent in the first quarter, January–March, 2021 to 19, according to data collated from recent reports of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The rig count,...