NIPC Grants Tax Relief To 17 Firms       The Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has granted Pioneer Status Incentive (PSI) to 17 companies with a total capital investment of N99.45 billion in the first quarter of 2021. NIPC’s Head of Incentives Administration Division, Uchenna Okonkwo, who stated...

States’ Cash Cruch: CBN Kicks As Govs Beg FG To Postpone $2.1bn Support Repayment         State governors on Thursday at the monthly meeting of the National Economic Council appealed to the Federal Government to postpone the repayment of the $2.1bn budget support facility to states which...

19 States Lack Automated IGR Collection System – Fed Govt       Only 17 states out of the 36 states of the federation have fully automated their Internally Generated Revenue collection systems, the Federal Government said on Thursday. This implies that 19 states lack automated IGR collection systems. The...

Lagos, Rivers, FCT, Delta Generate Nigeria’s 52.67% IGR In 2020       With the generation of 32.08 per cent, 8.97 per cent, 7.05 per cent and 4.57 per cent share of the 2020 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Lagos, Rivers, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Delta States respectively...

Experts Blame Forex, Insecurity, Low Production As Inflation Hits 18.17%       Nigeria’s rate of inflation, which has maintained a continuous increase for more than a year, rose again in March, hitting a high of 18.17 per cent, according to data released on Thursday by the National...

Nigeria Raked In $150m From Coconut Oil In 2020       The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, on Wednesday in Benin disclosed that Nigeria generated $150m from the export of coconut oil and its derivatives in 2020. Speaking through his representative, Bernard Ukattah, a deputy...