Emefiele Faults Claims of Imbalance in Agric Interventions ...Tasks Stakeholders on Food Security The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claims in certain quarters suggesting that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain...

A Country That Is Bleeding, by Eric Teniola       On April 22 this year, the Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (71) (rtd) was on the spot. He told State House correspondents that “Nigeria is bleeding”. During the media chat, he informed us all...

Ondo IGR Increases To N2bn Monthly — Akeredolu       Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) has improved monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)from N700 million before he took over to N2 billion. Akeredolu spoke on Tuesday at the ODIRS Soft Skill...

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...

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...

FAAC Allocation In 2020 Not Bad         Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue to the Federal Government, 36 states and 774 local governments fell by just five percent to N7.14 trillion in eleven months (January to November) from N7.46 trillion in the same period of 2019. Going...