The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday released the Nigerian Payments System Risk and Information Security Management Framework to guide the management of risks associated with the payments system in Nigeria.
The framework which had already been approved by the apex bank became imperative in order to identify and address...
The Finance Bill 2019, when signed into law, will ensure that small businesses with turnover less than N25m will be exempted from Companies Income Tax.
Currently, all companies are expected to pay the Federal Government 30 per cent of their profit as Companies Income Tax.
However, the Minister of Finance, Budget...
Despite the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria to merchants to stop the deduction of additional N50 on Point of Sales transactions, some outlets have yet to comply with the directive.
Our correspondent who monitored the rate of compliance with the directive observed that many of the filling stations...
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), in collaboration with United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has released the names of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme.
A statement explained that the programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the seven Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria,...
The Nigeria LNG Limited says it has paid over $7bn as taxes and issued more than $15bn as dividend to the Federal Government since it started operations.
NLNG’s Managing Director, Tony Attah, who disclosed this recently in Abuja, also stated that the company had the target of expanding its LNG...
Peak electricity generation on the national grid dropped by 292.4 megawatts between Monday and Tuesday, latest industry figures from the Federal Ministry of Power showed.
It was also gathered on Wednesday that a fault involving an underground cable connecting 60MVA 132/33kV T3 and its grounding transformer in Kakuri power transmission...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Shell, Total, and ENI on Friday signed the final investment decision (FID) to give the go-ahead for the construction of Train 7 of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) project.
The FID was initially scheduled to be sealed last week Thursday. But, after two...
Fidelity Bank Plc has remained a leading financial institution among Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for deposit transaction, credit facilities and overall customer service experience, recording significant improvements in a recent survey.
The bank which has grown its reputation for supporting small business, moved up four places to reach second...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), says its portfolio investments in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is 20 billion dollars.
This is contained in a statement released by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department on Sunday.
It said that the bank’s President Mr Akinwumi Adesina disclosed this...
Card maintenance fees scrapped
ATM cost reduced
Bank charges will go down in January as the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend announced a new regime of rates.
The Card Maintenance Fee (CAMF), which many customers described as unnecessary, has been scrapped.
The Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) charge has...
