Some Civil Society Organisations have appealed to the Kaduna State Government to release the N152.4 million approved as grant for Local Government Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (LFTAS) programme. The CSOs, under the Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM), made the…
An economist, Mr Kennedy Eze, has urged the Federal Government to provide tax incentives so as to attract more investments into Nigeria. In an interview on Sunday, in Abuja, Eze said that a lot of global players could not play…
The Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has charged employees to uphold high ethical standards, integrity and sound corporate governance while providing financial services to the banking public. Onyeali-Ikpe gave the charge in a statement on Monday in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the faking of higher denomination banknotes in Nigeria dropped 20.80 per cent in volume and 12.18 per cent in value in 2020, lower than 84,934 pieces and N64.71 million in 2019. The apex…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the commemoration of the 2021 and 60th edition of its annually sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf Championship. The tourney is scheduled to Tee-Off at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 on Thursday, 18…
African Union Chairperson, Moussa Mahamat says the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC) is a clear demonstration of what could be achieved if the government creates an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Mahamat who spoke at the official launch of…
The Federal Government has paid the backlog of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to 74,657 benefiting households under the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP) in Sokoto State. Head of Sokoto State Cash Transfer Unit, Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe-Binanchi, disclosed this in an interview…
Benue Financing, Recurrent and Capital Expenditure Appropriation Bill of N155,611,390,265 for the 2022 fiscal year, on Thursday passed the second reading on the floor of the Benue State House of Assembly, in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has announced the establishment of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF), dedicated to providing African governments with a liquidity structure on par with international standards. According to a statement from the UNECA…
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has shed light on why the state joined other states in the fray to collect the Value Added Tax (VAT). According to Abiodun, his administration decided to take advantage of the VAT controversy with the…
