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The federal government says the N30,000 figure proposed by the tripartite committee for the new national minimum wage is a mere recommendation to the president. In a statement on Friday Illiya Rhoda, an assistant director in the…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, two-time finance minister and former vice-president of the World Bank, says she is ready to lead the World Bank if nominated for the job. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos,…

The Maize Association of Nigeria says it will involve no fewer than 500,000 of its members in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme in 2019. The National President of MAAN, Alhaji Bello Abubakar, told the…

The federal government has given International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria’s deep offshore and inland basin a 14-day ultimatum to pay all outstanding revenues on Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs). The government…

Digital Afrique Telecom (DAT), currently operating in over 20 countries in Africa, has launched Tax Collect, an interoperable platform for collecting municipal taxes. This multi-channel payment gateway allows taxpaying customers…

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the Federal Government is to auction by subscription N150 billion worth of bonds on Jan. 30. The DMO said in a circular on its website on Wednesday in Abuja, that the five-year re-opening…

Oil prices rose by more than one percent on Friday as turmoil in Venezuela triggered concerns that its oil exports could soon be disrupted. Washington on Thursday signalled it could impose sanctions on Venezuela’s crude exports…

Access Bank Plc, which plans to buy Diamond  Bank Plc, said it will conclude the transaction about two months earlier than initially expected. The deal, which was set to close in June, will be completed in the second quarter,…

Embattled Renault boss Carlos Ghosn has resigned, France’s economy minister has said ahead of a board meeting at which the French car maker is to appoint his successors. A senior director from the firm “received last night the…

A new report by the National Pension Commission has shown that only 12 states of the federation have been remitting contributions into the retirement savings accounts (RSA) of their workers. According to the third quarter…

An economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said the likely retention of the Monetary Policy Rates for a while at 14 per cent was reasonable due to non-availability of pressure on the economy. Utomi told the News Agency of Nigeria on…

Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman The Federal Government has concessioned the Terminal ‘B’ Warri Old Port, in Delta State, to Ocean & Cargo Terminal Services Limited, in a bid to increase…

Mrs Zaniab Ahmed Minister of Finance Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will increase the Value Added Tax on some items in the course of the year. Some of the items according to her, will include…

GROWTH INDUSTRY: CEO Brendan Kenned with marijuana 'tissue culture clones' at a Tilray’s Nanaimo headquarters. Photograph by Spencer Lowell for Fortune It’s just after 6, on a pitch-dark morning in December, and Brendan Kennedy is…

Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group, has disclosed that Dangote Petroleum Refinery will create $11 billion per annum market for Nigerian crude. The Africa’s richest man said the Nigerian crude was specifically designed…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)  is  seeking new investors to take over nationalised lender, Polaris Bank after elections next month. It is also taking stock of the bank’s assets ahead of the sale, its…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected the recommendation of its committee that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) reinstates its contract with Intels, a logistics maritime operator. The House said the company which…

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday said the bank’s policy to restrict importers of some 42 items from accessing foreign exchange was the right call of action. Emefiele made this known in…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele has warned the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential flag bearer’s suggestion the exchange rate should be free float is recipe for disaster that will surely…

The National Council of State has approved N27,000 as the minimum wage for the country. The council approved the amount at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Following the Council’s approval, a minimum wage bill is expected to…

For the first time in 2019, the price of oil has risen from $60.00 to $62.70 per barrel as Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, intensifies efforts to withdraw excess oil from the volatile market. Specifically,…

…Refinery starts Q1, 2020 as CBN intervenes with N125bn The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said at the weekend that it has supported Dangote’s $11 billion Refinery and Petrochemical plant with N125 billion as at the end of 2018…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will start sourcing foreign exchange from Dangote Group as soon as the latter’s refinery and fertilizer projects begin operations. Speaking during the weekend during a tour of the…

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