“From VAT alone FG generates N808bn in 2018′ – NBS
National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said the revenue generated from Value Added Tax, VAT, from sectoral distribution from first to third quarters of 2018 was N808 billion. VAT is…
Nigeria’s 2019 budget still under threat as oil price hovers at $52.72
THE execution of Nigeria’s 2019 budget will likely encounter a serious threat as the price of Bonny Light, the nation’s premium oil grade, yesterday, hovered at $52.72 per barrel in…
Osun State Governor, Oyetola Presents 152.7bn Budget For 2019
Gboyega Oyetola, 5th Executive Governor, State of Osun has presented his administration’s first appropriation Bill to the Osun State House of Assembly. Exactly a month after his inauguration on 27th…
‘To implement 2019-22 SDGs Nigeria needs N103trn’ says UN
Nigeria needs not less than 337 billion dollars to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2019 to 2022, the UN Support Plan for the Sahel has estimated. According to…
CCI Rift settled as MTN pays N19 billion to CBN
South African telecommunications firm, MTN, has reached an agreement with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to resolve the dispute over illegal transfer of $8.1 billion out of Nigeria, its…
Understanding the rules of Hassle free Online Payments
ONE of the fallout of the cashless policy and rapid deployment of electronic payment channels is online payment. Online payment is the use of internet based platforms to pay for…
#MinimumWage Figure: Labour Rejects Delay Tactics
Labour leaders have rejected plans by the Federal Government to set up another high-powered technical committee on the new national minimum wage. Leaders of the union comprising the Nigeria Labour…
Saraki wants Buhari to assent to PIB, other bills
The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill(PIGB) and other bills critical to national development. Saraki said…
Access Bank Plc acquires Diamond Bank!
Information reaching us from a reliable source revealed that Access Bank Plc has finally acquired Diamond Bank Plc. It was gathered that the official announcement of the transaction will be…
Provide details of money spent fighting Boko Haram, CSOs write Buratai
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have sent a joint Freedom of Information request to Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria,…