Economy

Tinubu appoints PwC partner Taiwo Oyedele as tax reforms chair

President Bola Tinubu has set up a tax reform committee and has appointed Taiwo...

Petrol use in Nigeria falls after subsidy removal, regulator says

Average daily petrol consumption in Nigeria has fallen by 28 percent after President Bola...

Bank of America sees Nigeria inflation at 30% after subsidy removal

Consumer prices in Nigeria are likely to rise by 30% by the end of...

Nigeria projected to spend entire revenue on debt in two years

Nigeria could spend more than its entire revenue on debt payment by 2025 if...

Naira touches record lows on spot and forwards market

The naira closed at another record low against the dollar Thursday at both spot...

Naira: CBN says more action coming in “weeks”

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to announce further measures to loosen foreign...

Naira official rate closes lowest since float

The naira closed Monday at its lowest rate to the dollar since the Central...

May Inflation Report: No relief for Nigerians as prices rise further

Consumer prices rose 22.41% in the year through May, the highest pace in 18...

With Emefiele out, Naira rate publisher AbokiFX eyes comeback

Popular online currency quote platform AbokiFx has indicated the possibility of resuming the publication...

Black market struggles after Naira’s big drop on official market

The naira fell 36% on Wednesday, the most in seven years, after the Central...

97% of Nigerian bank accounts don’t have over N500,000

An overwhelmingly large number of Nigerians do not have up to half a million...

Nigeria’s Eurobonds up after Emefiele’s removal. Here’s what it means

Nigeria’s dollar bonds rose on Monday after Friday’s suspension of Central Bank of Nigeria...

Tinubu says he feels Nigerians’ fuel subsidy pains. Many don’t buy it

President Bola Tinubu on Monday offered a promising outlook following his removal of fuel...

SSS confirms arrest of suspended CBN governor Emefiele

Nigeria's spy police has confirmed the arrest of the suspended governor of the Central...

The CBN man replacing suspended Emefiele has an interesting profile

​Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who for years poured out...

World Bank cuts Nigerian economy growth forecast again

Nigerian economy will grow at a slower pace in 2023 than projected six months...

“Fix refineries, roads…” No quick reliefs in NLC conditions to halt strike

The two major labour unions, Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on...

NLC and TUC back off: No fuel subsidy strike again

Nigeria’s major labour unions say they are stepping back from their initial plan to...

Subsidy removal: Kwara civil servants get two days off each week

Civil servants in Kwara state have the government’s permission to work for three days...

Subsidy: Nigerians struggle to go to work, fuel cars at ‘crazy’ rates

Nigerians are struggling to fuel their cars and commute to their workplaces a week...