Unexecuted Contracts: Senate Indicts NIMASA For N1.5bn Payment         The Senate Public Accounts Committee has sustained the report of the Auditor General for the Federation, which indicted the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency of paying N1.5bn to contractors who did not execute projects awarded to...

ABCON To CBN: Make BDCs Diaspora Remittance Agents         The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria to make Bureaux De Change operators payout agents for diaspora remittances. The President, ABCON, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said the apex bank...

Stock Market Sets New Milestone, Crosses N20trn Capitalisation         The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) crossed N20 trillion capitalisation for the first time in the history of equity market last week, indicating an inflow of more funds into the market. The bullish sentiment continued...

Workers Withdrew N2.18bn Pension Savings In Q3 – PenCom         About 1,286 workers under the Contributory Pension Scheme withdrew N2.18bn from the voluntary contributions in their Retirement Savings Accounts with their Pension Fund Administrators in the third quarter. The National Pension Commission disclosed this in its 2020...

CBN Revokes Licenses Of 7 Payment Service Providers         The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the license of seven payment service providers since December 4, 2020. The agencies include Easifuel Limited, Transaction Processing System (TPS), Grand Towers Limited, and Paymastwer Limited. The rest are E-Revenue Gateway...

Fed Govt Records 17.3% Shortfall In Companies’ Income Tax         Against the backdrop of pressures on the Federal Government’s finances and 2020 budget revenue estimates, an indication has emerged that the government may have already recorded a shortfall of 17.3 per cent in the Company Income...