Many Nigerians are still paying far above N185 per litre approved pump price of petrol amid fuel scarcity, a report of the National Bureau of Statistics has indicated.
The members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, and NNPCL Retail outlets, sold the product at N185 per litre to consumers, while members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria on the other hand…
The chaos trailing the cash scarcity has assumed a worrisome dimension with the organised private sector raising the alarm that the crisis has grounded the economy.
Members of the organised private sector including the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nigerian…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned that the sustained rise in the general price level in recent times has caused some weakening in purchasing power.
The chamber, in a statement signed by its Director-General, Chinyere Almona, said the rising inflation had…
Stock investors lost N281bn at the end of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited last week.
The NGX All-Share Index and market capitalisation depreciated by 0.96 per cent and 0.95 per cent to close the week at 53,804.46 and N29.310 trillion respectively.
Also, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Premium, NGX Insurance, NGX MERI Growth, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX…
Agusto & Co. Limited, a pan-African credit rating agency and business information provider has said Nigeria’s insurance industry’s 2022 gross premium will rise above N700bn from increased economic activities.
It stated this in its 2023 insurance industry report…
Advocacy groups are looking for ways to work together to address the housing shortage.
February 20, 2023
Stakeholders in the built industry have called for collaboration between the Federal Government and the private sector to tackle the country’s housing deficit.
This call was made at the maiden edition of the real estate outlook conference organised by Wemabod Limited in…
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission has commenced the development of a well- coordinated investment promotion ecosystem Act, to enable government and non-government investment promotion players to undertake mutually reinforcing and complementary roles to attract, retain and grow investment in Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary, NIPC, Saratu Umar, disclosed this in Abuja at the…
Ecobank has rewarded four customers with N1m each for using the electronic payment channels of the bank regularly.
During the cheque presentation at its super rewards event in Lagos, the bank said it introduced the programme to promote the use of its electronic payment…
PremiumTrust Bank has received ‘Nigeria’s Fastest Growing Bank 2022’ and ‘Bank of The Year 2022 (Sports Development)’ awards from the Management of BusinessDay Banks & Other Financial Institutions Awards Committee.
The management of BAFI Awards noted that…
The naira crisis worsened as the currency in circulation fell to 1.54 trillion naira.
February 20, 2023
As the Naira crisis worsened, the total amount of money in circulation in the Nigerian economy fell from 3.3 trillion naira to 1.54 trillion naira, according to documents from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
This was due to a huge shortage of new naira banknotes, while a dire shortage of the old currency caused great hardship and suffering for millions of Nigerians and left some stranded.
According…