Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Earnings Climb To N24trn In 5yrs       Despite the huge global crash in prices, Nigeria’s earnings from oil and gas in the first half of 2020, is N2.41 trillion just 8.7 per cent below the N2.63 trillion recorded in the corresponding period...

Population Of Extremely Poor Persons In Nigeria Hits 102m — NECA         There are indications that Nigeria’s poverty level may have further deteriorated as the latest reports of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, shows a 10 percentage point rise in the number of the extreme...

Stakeholders Advocate Non-Kinetic Approach for Tackling Insecurity in Nigeria       Participants at a workshop on Digital Journalism and National Security: The Role of Social Media Influencers in the fight against crime have advocated good governance and respect for rule of law as key to improving the...

Senate Seeks Reduction In Borrowing       The Senate on Wednesday said the country should seek alternative sources of funding the budget in order to reduce borrowing. The upper chamber said although borrowing is not entirely bad, the country must seek ways and means to develop alternative funding...

Federal Scholarship Board Sponsors Ineligible Candidates for Foreign Trainings No fewer than 55 candidates selected by the Federal Scholarship Board for the 2020 BEA foreign education scholarship are not eligible to apply for the scholarship in the first place, Economic Confidential investigation reveals. To qualify for...

Nigeria’s Debts: How Each Nigerian Owes N155,000       The Debt Management Office, DMO, has announced that the total debt stock of Nigeria rose to N31 trillion as of June 2020. It also said the debts are expected to rise this year following more debts to be sourced...