FG Sets Aside N177bn to Retire Maturing Bonds The Federal Government has set aside a total of N177.46bn in the 2017 budget as a sinking fund...
Cooking Gas Price Rises to N4,500 There is wide spread condemnation of the recent increase in the price of cooking gas in Lagos. The News Agency...
Saudi Arabia Raises Oil Pricing to Asia and U.S. as OPEC Cuts Output Saudi Arabia raised pricing for February oil sales to Asia and increased premiums...
U.K Services Sector Beats Estimate in December The U.K.’s services sector unexpectedly beats analysts estimate in December, affirming the economy’s strength ahead of the March Brexit...
Cameroon Forecast 6% Growth Rate in 2017 Cameroon’s economy is set to expand 6 percent this year even as it imposes new taxes to compensate for...
Active Telecom Subscribers Rose by 435,343 in Nov The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that active users of telecommunications services in the country increased to...
FG Slashes Import Duties On 115 Items The Federal Government, in a bid to promote development in critical sectors of the economy, has approved a reduction...
Nigeria, Other Investments in FinTech Hit $800m Investments in Financial Technology (FinTech) in Nigeria and other parts of Africa have moved from about $198 million in...
Total Global Debt Tops 325 Percent of GDP as Government Debt Jumps Global debt levels rose to more than 325 percent of the world’s gross domestic...
Real Sector Gets CBN’s $2.5b Forex in Four Months Amid foreign exchange scarcity, the nation’s real sector operators were able to access about $2.53 billion at...