Port operations in the country have been hit by hike in import duties of vehicles and rice as well as the introduction of a fish quota system by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Seaport operators disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos and decried the effects of prolonged low activities at …
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Following an injection of naira liquidity into the banking system, Nigeria’s overnight lending rate dropped sharply to an average of 3.9 percent on Friday from 10 percent a week ago. A total of 454 billion naira ($1.49 billion) in debt refund to state governments and matured treasury bills entered the system this week, raising liquidity …
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Tanzania and Nigeria’s Dangote Cement have reached an agreement on the supply of natural gas to the firm’s manufacturing plant in the East African country after negotiations stalled over prices, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said on Saturday. The $500 million cement factory in the southeastern Tanzanian town of Mtwara, set up last year with an …
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) have commissioned a study on the establishment of an institution that would take after the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) at its expiration. The institution, which is being scripted as a private sector-led initiative to avoid the use of public fund …
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LET YOUR NETWORK WORK FOR YOU It is no news that the recession is biting hard and with Christmas around the corner, expenses are about to go up the roof. As a result, making extra income will not be a bad idea for anyone, especially you a 9-5er. Are you a banker seeking ways to …
Every year, Award Winning Rosabon Financial Services, Nigeria’s foremost non-banking financial intermediary firm, organizes end of the year promotions for its customers to appreciate and reward them for their continuous patronage. This year we decided to give our customers a wonderful treat to ease them of the stress they may have encountered, especially with the …
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Hold your horses! Take a break from your busy day and get an eyeful at what went down on the 27th of November, 2016. It was a spectacle indeed as “The Cobalt Tie Dinner” was hosted by The Concept Group specially for its exclusive Clienteles. There’s nothing more exciting than when a group of like-minded …
THE Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, last week said that the federal government will propose reduction in the income tax rate applicable to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, as an incentive to encourage compliance and promote the sector. The minister said this in Lagos, at a Coalition of MSMEs stakeholder Public Private Dialogue, …
Oil prices have risen to their highest in nearly a month, as expectations grow among traders and investors that OPEC will agree to cut production, but market watchers reckon a deal may pack less punch than Saudi Arabia and its partners want. Brent crude has risen 6.5 percent in the last two weeks, hitting nearly …
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The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, yesterday, said that the Federal Government has spent N3.577 trillion as at September out of the N6.06 trillion budgeted for 2016 He disclosed this in Lagos at the KPMG CFO Forum saying: “The Federal Government has spent about N3.577 trillion as at September 2016 …
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