The risk of the smallest cocoa harvest in five years is combining with power cuts and a weak oil price to cloud the prospects for Ghana’s...
African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed concern that the continent’s energy deficit remains large in spite of remarkable achievements in continental development. The view is contained...
— Earned interest of $29m from external reserves —-Forex inflow rose to $146.2bn, outflow $43.4bn —-Recruited 771 staff in 2013 —-$28bn spent on importation of goods...
By Omoh Gabriel The Nigerian economic situation can be aptly described as an interlocking set of vicious circles that perpetuate economic stagnation and rural poverty. One...
The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday said that it would henceforth share with banks interest earnings on loans granted to farmers under the Commercial Agricultural Credit...
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of its audit reports as part of measures to reform...
Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo said on Tuesday that the bank was targeting a deposit growth of 10 per cent for the financial...
Oil companies in Nigeria are to undergo a new licensing round, as the Federal Government yesterday, stated that it plans to separate gas leases from oil...
—As external reserves climb to $30bn The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has harmonised the Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) of both public and private sectors to 31...
Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Monday, indicted the Federal Government for the high rate of corruption in the hydrocarbon sector of the Nigerian economy. Speaking...
THE Bank of Industry , BoI, weekend, disclosed it recover a total of N2.9 billion bad debts from its customers in the SMEs and large enterprises...
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mrs Uju Aisha Hassan-Baba as the new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). This...
… Nationalised banks characterised by corruption .. No due process was followed … Keystone Bank sale to take effect October/Nov Ahead of the sale of the...
The Financial Reporting Council has suspended the public hearing schedule for today on the draft National Code of Corporate Governance due to a court injunction obtained...
..as FG targets production of 12.5million cane seedlings per annum The Federal Government, on Monday, inaugurated Nigeria’s first Sugarcane Bio-factory in Zaria as part of efforts...