BREAKING: President Buhari Finally Signs AfCFTA

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Sunday, 7th July, 209 at Niamey, Niger republic signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the opening of the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union (AU) Heads of State and Governments.

38 Million Nigerians Now Have BVN - CBN

According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country have successfully linked 38 million bank accounts with the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN). The apex bank stated that the achievement is part of its financial inclusion drive and that CBN said was targeting 100 million BVNs in the next five (5) years.

Supreme Court Upheld Oyetola's Victory

Emerging reports from the Supreme Court of Nigeria has on 5th July 2019 dismissed the appeal of Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the declaration of Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the Osun State governorship election.
Vigil360 reports that in the lead judgment by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, the apex court declared that the absence of the judge who read the majority decision of the election tribunal made the judgment a nullity.

OPEC re-elect Nigeria’s Barkindo as Secretary General

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC ) on Monday 1st July announced the re-election of Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo as Secretary-General for a three-year tenure. Barkindo, who is an accomplished oil technocrat with a wealth of experience in the oil and gas sector, was first elected as Secretary General of the bloc in 2016.

Oil Marketers Get $3.6bn - NNPC

Contrary to claims by Oil marketers that they have no access to Foreign Exchange (FX) for imports, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) provided about $3.6 billion foreign exchange (FX) to oil marketers. The funds are to be used to import petroleum products into the country.

Patience Jonathan Loss Billions To Federal Government

In what appears to be a giant fight on corruption, on Monday 1st July 2019 Federal High Court sitting in Lagos granted the Federal Government of Nigeria permanent forfeiture of the sum of $8.4 million and N9.2 billion, respectively traced to the accounts of President Goodluck Jonathan's wife, Patience.

CBN Directs All Banks on Mass Loan to its Customers

The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a circular mandating commercial banks to lend up to 60% of their customer deposits. According to the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele who informed participants at the 2019 Africa Investors’ Conference (AIC).

Oil Prices Rise As OPEC And Allies Agree Extend Supply Cuts

Oil prices rose more than one dollar a barrel on Monday after Saudi Arabia, Iraq and its allies backed an extension of supply cuts until at least the end of 2019 at their meeting in Vienna this week. Front-month Brent crude futures, for September, touched an intraday high of $66.63 a barrel and were up $1.72, or 2.7%, at $66.46 a barrel by 0639 GMT.

Presidency Orders Agencies to Release Data to JTB

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, 2nd July 2019 directed data collecting agencies to release all relevant individual information to the Joint Tax Board (JTB). He gave the directive during the launch of the Go-Live ceremony for the new National TIN Registration System.

FG, States, LGCs share N679.69bn for May

A total of N679.69 billion has been shared as revenue for the month of May between the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils in Nigeria. The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, disclosed this shortly after the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Kano on Thursday.