Fed Govt Recorded N485.51bn Fiscal Deficit In January – CBN       The Federal Government recorded N485.51bn fiscal deficit in January, statistics obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria have shown. to the monthly economic report for January released by the CBN on Friday, the low revenue performance...

CBN To Place Wheat, Sugar On Forex Restriction List     The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is working to include sugar and wheat on the list of commodities that will be banned accessing foreign exchange (FX). CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this disclosure on Thursday in Awe,...

FG Begins Commercialisation Of Federal Mortgage Bank       The Federal Government on Thursday announced that it had commenced the process for the full commercialisation of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Part of the process was the inauguration of the Joint Technical Committee for the commercialisation of...

Aviation Fuel Price Increases To N270 Per Litre     The price of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1 in the industry, has continued to increase pushing airlines further into the precipice. Findings showed that the price of Jet fuel has risen to between N250 and N275 per...

Forex Scarcity Cripples Local Airlines, Spike Airfares     The foreign exchange (FX) liquidity crisis is eating deeper into the daily operations of the local airlines, causing airlines’ capacity to dwindle and hitting up airfares. The Economic Confidential, yesterday, learned that operators in the aviation sector have not...

Nigeria’s Exact Crude Oil Production Volume Unknown, Says NEITI       The exact volume of crude oil produced in Nigeria, especially at the deep offshore fields, is not known by anyone, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative said on Thursday. Executive Secretary, NEITI, Orji Ogbonnaya-Orji, disclosed this in...