All posts tagged "headline"
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Nigeria’s multi-billion dollar gas projects linger on
It is now 12 years since former President Olusegun Obasanjo conceived the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (Brass LNG) project, designed to produce 10 million metric tonnes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) per annum. It was to be...
- Posted March 20, 2017
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CBN releases FX to oil marketers for fuel import – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released foreign exchange (Forex) to marketers to import diesel and aviation fuel. The Corporation in a statement yesterday said it will...
- Posted March 20, 2017
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Minister urges SON to help Nigeria out of recession
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has called on the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, (SON), to contribute its quota in bailing the country out of recession. Enalama, gave the charge at the closing...
- Posted March 19, 2017
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Total Nigeria declares N14.80bn profit in 2016 audited results
Total Nigeria (Total) has reported a N14.8 billion Profit After Tax (PAT) in its Q4 2016 results which was released at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE). Total declared a final dividend of N7.00 (total dividend of N17.00)...
- Posted March 18, 2017
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Stabilisation Fund shrinks to N25.8bn as Excess Crude Account hits $2.45bn
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has put the balance in the Stabilisation Fund Account at N25,793,400,290.00. The minister disclosed this Thursday in her presentation during a meeting of the National Economic Council chaired by Vice President...
- Posted March 17, 2017
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CBN approves dollar sale to more Bureau De Change operators
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday cleared more retail currency bureaux to take part in a weekly dollar sale to boost liquidity and support the naira which is weak on the black market. Aminu Gwadabe,...
- Posted March 17, 2017
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FG targets $1bn revenue from new scheme
Nigeria is targeting $1bn additional revenue as Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun Thursday presented to the National Economic Council (NEC), the Nigeria Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting chaired by...
- Posted March 17, 2017
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Aero ‘sacks’ 60% of workers
Up to 60% of workers of the distressed airline Aero may have been laid off following dwindling operations by the airline which is the oldest in the country. Findings show workers, more than 1000, were issued letters...
- Posted March 17, 2017
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FG pledges to resolve Forex challenges facing exporters
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh yesterday expressed the federal government’s desire to address the foreign exchange (forex) challenges faced by exporters, disclosing that the ministry is in talks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
- Posted March 16, 2017
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N-power graduates get additional N900m monthly
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an additional N4,500 monthly electronic device grant each for the 200,000 beneficiaries of the N-power graduate employment scheme. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande,...
- Posted March 16, 2017