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Foreign reserves drop by $547.9m in 2 months

By Kayode Tokede The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed the country’s foreign reserves dropped by $547.9million in first two months of 2021. The foreign reserves have been on consciously decline steady in global oil price, according to Organization…

Analysts predict marginal increase in PMI

By Kayode Tokede Analysts at FBNQuest Research have predicted marginal increase in the country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for March. The Lagos based firm stated that on a 12-month moving average basis, the headline index picked up slightly from 50.7…

Support for people with disabilities tops NITDA’s agenda —DG

By Ariemu Ogaga, Abuja The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, has said that nurturing entrepreneurship skills and creating desired social and economic outcomes by facilitating innovative, technology-driven economic growth, through the use of ICT among…

NERC to review Meter Asset Provider initiative

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said it is in the process of reviewing the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) Regulation 2018 to fast-track closure of the existing metering gap. MAP was introduced by NERC as a regulatory initiative to…