PunchFIRS generates N2.5tn from taxes in eight months The Federal Inland Revenue Service on Tuesday said it generated a total of N2.51tn from taxes for the federation between January and August this year. Egina project’ll boost oil production by 200,000bpd The nation’s oil production will be boosted by 200,000 barrels per day by the fourth quarter of 2018, the Deputy Managing Director of Total, a principal partner of the Egina Project, Mr. Ahmadu Musa-Kida, has said. Oando shareholders protest, call for Tinubu’s resignation Shareholders of Oando Plc from across the South-West states on Tuesday staged a protest in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, and demanded that the company’s Managing Director, Wale Tinubu, should step down because of the firm’s poor financial position. FG considers tax reliefs to fund road construction The Federal Government said it might resort to a tax recovery funding arrangement for the execution of some major road projects in the country. This DayN100bn Debut Sukuk Offer Closes Wednesday The Debt Management Office’s (DMO) inaugural N100 billion Sukuk offer will close wednesday. Kaduna Disco Generates N1.7bn in Sokoto in Eight Months The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDCO), Tuesday said it generated about N1.7 billion in Sokoto state from January 2017 till date. VanguardNigeria’s foreign debts hit $15.05bn in June – NBS The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday, said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at $15.05 billion, while the domestic debt portfolio was put at N14.06 trillion in June this year. NSE market indicators dip further by 0.08% A total of 174.65 million shares valued at N2.83 billion were traded in 3,783 deals on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday. FG set to implement ERGP, as NESG rolls out programe The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, yesterday, disclosed plans by the Federal Government to implement measures toward realising a growth target of 7 per cent by 2020. The NationFlour Mills to raise N40b equity funds in three years Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc has registered a shelf fund raising programme with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It will allow the leading flour-milling company to raise up to N40 billion in equity funds over the next three years. Currency speculators forced out of forex market After recording huge losses in naira and foreign currencies, currency speculators seem to have been chased out of the country’s foreign exchange (forex) market. ReutersNigeria, Libya likely to attend OPEC-led panel; Saudi may not: sources Nigeria’s oil minister and the head of Libya’s state oil company are likely to attend a joint meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC nations on Friday, two OPEC sources said, to discuss the progress of their deal to limit output. |
