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Economy Insight

Read the latest news on the economy in Nigeria.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has on Friday, May 22, 2020, published Nigeria’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2019 full year. NBS disclosed in the publication that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, recorded a 20.92% year on year growth after the combined state’s IGR stood at N1.33 trillion in...
Dollar to naira lingering issue has attracted the attention of the World Bank, such that it counselled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on how to stabilise the foreign exchange (forex) market. In an interview with Punch, Shubham Chaudhuri, the Country Director for Nigeria, World Bank, said even though the...
The Nigerian government has lost no fewer than N700 billion in less than three weeks. This is due to the nationwide #EndSARS protest. While discussing the implications of the protest against police brutality, Toki Mabogunje, the President of Lagos Chamber for Commerce and Industry (LCCI), said the nationwide demonstration has...
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...
Access Bank and five others have been enlisted for the Special Public Works (SPW) programme, which will commence on Tuesday, January 5, 2020. The other financial institutions are -Zenith, Fidelity, FCMB, UBA, and Heritage banks. While disclosing this during a recently-held interview, Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment,...
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...
It is no longer news that the world economy has in the past months been brought to a standstill. As COVID-19 continues to ravage, different countries across the world have been seen embarking on a nationwide lockdown, a move that hasn’t just disrupted human activities but crippled the business...
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...
Economic experts have lamented the losses of looting and arson of properties in Lagos State. Recall that between Tuesday, October 20, 2020, and Friday, October 23, some stores (both private and public), were looted, while properties were also destroyed by miscreants who hijacked the nationwide peaceful protest against police brutality...
President Muhammadu Buhari has told manufacturers in the country that his administration will address their main challenge, which is insufficient forex. Unmaskng.com understands that the manufacturers need accessibility to forex for the procurement of raw materials and agro-allied equipment that are not available locally. Addressing Mansur Ahmed-led executives of the Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN),...