Finance
FG appoints Obaje as coordinator for CARES Support Unit
Minister of State, Finance Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba. The Federal Government has appointed Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, as the National Coordinator, Federal CARES Support Unit, Nigeria COVID-19 Action
SEC bars unregistered operators from capital market after May 31
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has declared that Capital Market Operators, CMO, who fail to renew their registration before May 31, 2021, will not be
Edo revenue board warns against illegal tax collection
The Executive Chairman, Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Mr Igbinidu Inneh, has warned traders’ associations against the collection of unauthorised revenues in the state. Inneh, in a statement issued
Senate approves President Buhari’s $1.5bn, €995m external loan requests
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and President Muhammadu Buhari The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5billion and €995million external loan requests from President Mohammadu Buhari. The approval was sequel to the consideration
These undergraduates left university to build Flux, a payments startup now in Y Combinator
In the 170 years since Western Union was founded, no company has managed to solve two basic problems that continue to bedevil the remittance business — exorbitant fees and slow
Nigerian fintech of the unbanked Bankly raises $2M led by Vault
Nigeria remains a largely cash-dominated country. There are more than 100 million adult Nigerians, of which more than half have little or no access to financial services. This post was
Amosun’s govt failed to capture N50bn in Ogun state’s debt — Abiodun
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Ogun state government has cleared the air on domestic debt owed by the state, saying the figures given to it by the immediate past administration
Why we have problems with public debt — ICSAN
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has advised the government to tie its borrowings to specific projects in order to boost infrastructure development
We borrowed $2.5bn from China for Lagos-Ibadan rail, says Amaechi
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government borrowed about $2.5 billion for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. Amaechi, who
Finance experts chart course for data analytics adoption
International finance experts, including executives of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), have made a case for a change of orientation among peers The post Finance experts chart course
