Foreign Direct Investment Dipped By $30m In January – CBN       Foreign Direct Investment dipped by 33.3 per cent which amounted to $30m in January, latest statistics obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed on Wednesday. According to figures obtained from the CBN’s January report on...

U.S. To Increase Africa’s Yearly Development Finance To $6bn       The United States of America (USA) plans to increase its annual development finance to Africa by 20 per cent from about $5 billion to some $6 billion. Chief Operating Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), David...

Dangote Commits $700m To Sugar Production     The management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has said it is committing over $700m to its sugar projects to support the Backward Integration Policy of the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in sugar production. According to a statement issued...

How COVID-19, Taxes Stifled MSMEs In 2020         The year 2020 has got its ups and downs for many businesses in Nigeria especially as they felt the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant lockdown as well as multiple taxes from the various authorities of...

NAICOM, NIA Clash Over Recapitalisation Of Insurance Firms       The National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, and the Nigerian Insurance Association, NIA, have disagreed over the appropriate recapitalisation model for insurance firms. While NAICOM has stipulated the general capital requirements for the different categories of the insurance business and...

Nigeria’s Duty-free Export To US Shrinks To $351.73m         Nigeria’s export to the United States under a duty-free policy declined in the first nine months of 2020, recording $351.73m from January to September. According to the latest African Growth and Opportunity Act policy trade statistics, exports to...