Economy

By Emmanuel Nduka Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire have further strengthened ties with the signing of a set of new agreements on agriculture, digital economy, consular and immigration matters, education and prevention of human trafficking. Nigeria’s Vice...

By Emmanuel Nduka The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted approval in principle to MTN Nigeria Communications Plc to operate MoMo Payment Service Bank Ltd, its payment service bank (PSB). MTN Nigeria disclosed this in...

By Emmanuel Nduka The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled plans for the 5G Spectrum Auction, assuring that the deployment will not make the rates of call and data expensive. The telecommunications regulator gave the assurance...

By Emmanuel Nduka President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, has affirmed that Natural Gas remains key to Africa’s energy security and economic prosperity, amid political pressure to speed up the transition from fossil...

By Chioma Iruke Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that it discovered counterfeit notes with a nominal value of N56.83 million in 2020. This was revealed in its recently released currency...

By John Ikani  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that it spent the sum of N58.618 billion to print 2.518 billion Naira notes, valued at N1.063 trillion in, 2020. The apex bank disclosed this...