Business
Money market
CBN’s new forex guidelines clears import of up to $10,000 without declaration
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued fresh Foreign Exchange (forex) Guidelines which provides that an individual can export $50,000 cash. The only condition, according to the Guidelines, released, Friday, is that such cash must be declared at the point of…
Heirs Energies’ $750m deal wins global finance award
Frank Okon Heirs Energies Limited, Africa’s leading indigenous-owned integrated energy company, has earned international recognition after its landmark US$750 million dual-tranche Senior Secured Reserve-Based Lending (RBL) facility was named Best Oil & Gas Deal of the Year at the EMEA…
Supreme Court dismisses suit challenging Unity Bank/Providus Bank merger for lacking merit
Supreme Court has effectively ended the long-standing dispute over the proposed merger between Providus Bank Limited and Unity Bank Plc, as a unanimous judgement of the apex court set aside an Appeal Court ruling opposing the transaction. In a unanimous…
Economy
Amid N30trn budget deficit, Nigeria mulls debt refinancing, fresh funding
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the Federal Government could turn to debt refinancing and fresh loans in order to bridge its huge budget deficit reaching N30 trillion this year. According…
GenCos reject FG’s N7trn resettlement plan, call for state of emergency in power sector
Federal Government’s debt owed to electricity generating companies (GenCos) have now reached N7 trillion, even as a planned resettlement option has been turned down by the operators, who insist on recovering their money. The GenCos have also called on government to…
Tinubu swears in new Power, Foreign Affairs ministers
President Bola Tinubu, Monday, swore in Mr. Joseph Tegbe as the new Minister of Power, as well as, Mr. Sola Enikanolaiye for that of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, at a brief ceremony which held at the Presidential Villa…
News
Politics
Court stops Akpabio, Abass over proposed N110bn vehicle procurement scheme for lawmakers
Federal High Court in Lagos has declared as unlawful the controversial National Assembly (NASS’) N110 billion vehicle and allowance schemes, ruling that the spending of N40 billion on 465 vehicles for lawmakers and N70 billion in support allowances for newly-elected…
Nigeria’s crackdown on Justice Crack: When does a state fear its citizens?
By Ebuka Ukoh A clarion call for justice for Justice Crack is not merely a campaign for an individual; it is a call for justice for all, a test of whether Nigeria still upholds the constitutional guarantees of free speech…
Avoiding the coming deaths in 2027 elections
[Michael Owhoko, Ph.D] Inevitable deaths are in the offing in 2027. Those familiar with Nigeria’s electoral mythology, history and patterns, know that 2027 general elections will be a harbinger of death, powered by electoral violence. It will take a miracle…
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