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FIRS meets 75 percent of its 2018 target

July 14, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 28 Comments.

The Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) realized N2,529,615,174,601.25 as various taxes between  January and  June 2018, according to the agency’s revenue performance report for the first half of the year, submitted …

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Economy

Inflation Declines Further to 11.61%

June 14, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 27 Comments.

For the 16th month, inflation rate continued a downward trajectory, declining from 12.48 per cent in April to 11.61 per cent in May. Meanwhile, the latest inflation figures released by …

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Govt okays bills to reduce tax burden

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 22 Comments.

With two Executive Orders and five tax policy Amendment Bills, the Federal Government is set to reduce the tax burden on Nigerians and boost the ease of doing business. Minister …

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Investor to provide $10bn for Nigeria’s speed rail projects

May 22, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 10 Comments.

A United States-based investor, Ameri Metro Incorporation, on Monday declared its readiness to provide $10bn for the construction of speed rails in Nigeria. The firm told the Federal Government that …

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Nigeria’s GDP rises 1.95%, non-oil sector accounts for 90.3%

May 21, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 4 Comments.

The oil sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP remains below 10 per cent in Q1 figures of the nation’s GDP released by the National Bureau of Statistics in …

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Inflation dropped to 12.48% – NBS

May 15, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 131 Comments.

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation, with the index dropping from 13.34 per cent in March to 12.48 per cent in …

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Nigeria’s economy to grow by 2.1 per cent, says IMF

April 18, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 45 Comments.

Nigeria’s economy which grew by 0.8 per cent in 2017 will end this year, with a 2.1 per cent growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted. It, however, projected …

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FAAC Meeting Deadlocked as Minister of Finance called for Emergency meeting

March 27, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 48 Comments.

The monthly Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting, which began on Tuesday was inconclusive due to discrepancies of about N37.76 billion in revenue presented by the NNPC. The Accountant-General of …

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U.S. firm to invest $1b in Unity Bank

March 20, 2018March 25, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 29 Comments.

An American private equity firm, Milost Global Inc, is seeking to inject $1 billion to recapitalize Unity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s 24. According to a report, the U.S. firm …

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External reserves hit $46bn, says CBN

March 12, 2018March 25, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 21 Comments.

The nation’s external reserves hit $46bn on Friday, the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed in a statement on Friday. The CBN said the latest figures obtained on Friday indicated that …

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We’ll flood the market with lower naira denominations – CBN

February 28, 2018March 25, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 79 Comments.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, in a bid to address the acute shortage of lower denomination currencies commenced an exercise aimed at flooding the market with N100, N50, N20, N10 …

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Governor Ambode signs N1.046trn budget into law

February 27, 2018March 25, 2018 - by Rasheed Raji - 38 Comments.

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of the state into law with a total budget size of N1, 046,121,181,680.00. The total budget size …

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