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The International monetary fund has announced that the world economy is projected to fall by 4.4% in 2020, an upward guide from an earlier predicted rate of -4.9%. On Tuesday, IMF revised the global economy growth upward for the year 2020 but warned against long and unstable roadblocks to full...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has explained why Nigeria did not sign the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) G20 Inclusive Framework two-pillar solution to tax challenges of the digitalized economy. The OECD G20 Inclusive Framework two-pillar solution proposes a framework of rules aimed at tackling base erosion...
Dollar to naira exchanged on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at (undisclosed) at the Investors & Exporters FX window ( I&E FX Window), where the currencies officially trade. Going by available data on the window where dollar to naira trades every day, the currency at the central stood at (undisclosed). This figure in which...
For MD/CEO, Abx World Limited, Captain John Okakpu, the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty and end food insecurity on the Continent, including Nigeria. According to him, in spite of the enormous advantages African countries can leverage, Nigeria has not...
In the past few months, many Nigerians have been faced with the harsh reality of paying more to buy food commodities, especially farm produce harvested within the country. Amongst them was one Akinola Abdulkareem, who wrote on Twitter: “Food is now overtly expensive, no one is talking. As middle...
Nigerians may soon start to pay more for the purchase of petrol. This is according to marketers of the commodity. In the latest development on the possible increment of petrol, oil marketers under the aegis of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of...
Dollar to naira, on Friday, October 29, 2021, opened at N414.49 at the Investors & Exporters FX window ( I&E FX Window), where the currencies officially trade. This development represents a fact that naira gained as against the dollar, as it closed at N415.10, a 09% drop, on Thursday, October 28. According to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advanced steps to tackle the increasing exchange rate challenge the country has since been battling, as it announced its decision to attract about $2 billion monthly as remittances from citizens in diaspora. According to the Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, since Pakistan receives...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the intervention of the apex bank has led to a huge reduction in imported rice from Thailand. Emefiele made this known on Tuesday when he spoke at the unveiling of the FCT mega rice pyramids under the RIFAN-CBN Anchor Borrowers’...
President Muhammadu Buhari will next year (2022) impose new taxes and increased tariffs on Nigerians. This is according to Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance. Speaking with stakeholders on the sidelines of the 2021 Finance Bill in Abuja, Ahmed hinted that the Buhari-led government is considering modest increases in taxes...