The Federal Government realised N3.9tn in tax revenue between January and September this year and this is N1tn higher than the N2.9tn realised in the corresponding period of 2017. The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Tunde Fowler, disclosed this in a presentation made at the meeting of the African Union High Level Panel on…
J.P. Morgan is getting less optimistic about the trade conflict between the U.S. and China. The firm lowered its rating for Chinese equities to neutral from overweight, predicting the escalating trade war between the countries will affect China’s economy next year. As analyst, anticipate a negative 1 percentage point impact on China’s GDP growth from…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has asked the court not to grant an injunction that will stop the MTN Group from transferring the disputed $8.1bn back to the country, and wants the company to pay 15 per cent annualised interest on the sum until judgment is given, and 10 per cent from then until the…
As Green Bond issuance set to gain traction in the country, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is proposing a set of rules that will guide the listing of those bonds on the exchange. Green bonds are special bonds issued to finance or re-finance in part or in full new and existing eligible environmental or climate…
Equities Market The Nigerian equities market continued on a downward slide at the end of the day’s trading activity, as both NSE ASI and market capitalization decreased by 0.09% respectively, as they both closed at 32,423.57points and N11,838tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is at a negative of 15.27%. Volume and Value of trades both increased by…
The pension sector no doubt, is one of the fast growing sectors of the economy since the introduction of the funded Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) Indeed, with the quantum of assets accumulated by the sector, Nigeria has no doubt recorded significant success in the reformation of its pension sub. Aside the quantum of assets accumulated…
Though production level continued to grow as well as new orders, rising inventory as indicated by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), may be responsible for the slower movement of the nation’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) last month. According to the latest Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report, September Manufacturing…
Russia and Saudi Arabia struck a private deal in September to raise oil output to cool rising prices and informed the United States before a meeting in Algiers with other producers, four sources familiar with the plan said. U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for high crude…
Brent crude rose nearly 2 percent after hitting a four-year high on Wednesday as the market focused on upcoming U.S. sanctions on Iran while shrugging off the year’s largest weekly build in U.S. crude stockpiles and reports of higher Saudi Arabian and Russian production. Brent crude LCOc1 rose $1.49, or 1.8 percent, to settle at…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has given reasons why the nation’s external reserves, which currently stand at $44bn, have been on a downward trend lately. Speaking during the CBN Day at the ongoing Abuja International Trade Fair in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director, Corporate Communications at the apex bank, Mr Isaac Okorafor, explained that the…
