All posts tagged "featured"
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Foreign investors now reinvesting trapped funds in Equities Market
Still smarting from inability to convert their Naira funds into United States Dollars and repatriate same home, some foreign investors are now reinvesting their trapped Naira in the Nigerian equities market, reports the world’s leading investment firm...
- Posted April 17, 2016
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363,000 companies never paid any tax – Adeosun
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed that in the last seven months, the Federal Government has discovered 363,000 companies operating in Nigeria that have never paid any tax before. These companies were said to have...
- Posted April 17, 2016
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SEC makes fresh moves to handle unclaimed dividends
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in collaboration with other market stakeholders in the capital market are making fresh moves to tackle the issue of unclaimed dividends. In this regard, a market-wide committee is to be set...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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Group warns against distracting Emefiele
A Kano-based political pressure group, Coalition for Excellence in Governance (CEG), has described those calling for the sack of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as “detractors” who are behind the...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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Backward integration: Nigeria looks to Dangote, others
Backward integration, a practice where companies are encouraged to cultivate their own raw materials by purchasing their suppliers or establishing farms to grow produce for their factories, gained momentum in Nigeria following the crash in crude oil...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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Fashola, Ugwuanyi seek inclusive economic growth
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State have called for inclusive economic growth as the federal and state governments step up efforts to attract foreign investors into...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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States’ IGR dropped by N25.1bn in 2015 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday released the Internally Generated Revenue figures for the 36 states of the federation for the 2015 fiscal period, with the total IGR dropping by N25.18bn from N707.85bn in 2014 to...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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No will to save under Jonathan – Okonjo-Iweala
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday said lack of political will to save oil revenue under former President Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the challenges facing the country presently. She said as...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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Nigeria to lose N199bn to Forcados terminal closure
Nigeria is set to lose as much as $1bn (about N199bn) from the force majeure on Forcados loadings that has been in place since February and which is set to continue until May. Force majeure is a...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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New vessels expected as fuel scarcity lingers
As motorists and other consumers continue to struggle at filling stations to get Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), marketers on Monday said they were expecting new vessels from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The marketers said it would...
- Posted April 13, 2016