Sam Diala, THEWILL

Amid N2.3tn Oil Theft Loss, Nigeria Seeks N400bn World Bank Subsidy Palliative Facility

April 26, (THEWILL) – After losing N2.3 trillion revenue to oil theft in 12 months, Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has secured a $800 million facility from the World Bank to cushion the effects of the planned oil subsidy removal...

FG Cuts Power Firms from National Grid

April 26, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government Tuesday announced that it had begun disconnection of some power companies from the national grid due to their “non-compliance” with the Electricity Market Rules. The announcement came four days after most parts...

Investment In Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Decreased By 74% To 4bn Under Buhari

April 25, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s total annual upstream capital expenditure decreased by 74 percent from $27 billion in 2014 to less than $6 billion in 2022, according to Oilprice.com. The leading energy news site revealed also that Nigeria’s yearly capital...

Ararume: Group Urges FG to Obey Court Orders

April 25, (THEWILL) – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Justice Now Coalition, has called on the Federal Government to obey the court judgement on the case of wrongful removal of Sen. Ifeanyi Araraume as non-executive Chairman of the board...

NDIC Commences Verification Of Insured Depositors Of Defunct Peak Merchant Bank

April 24, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced verification of insured depositors of Peak Merchant Bank in-liquidation towards payment of their insured sums. This is in line with its mandate of deposit guaranty and reimbursement...

PenCom Assures On Further Diversification Of Investments Amid Rising Inflation

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said it is further diversifying investments in pension fund portfolio assets as inflation rates continue to rise. The move is in a bid to ensure that average annual pension fund returns for Retirement Savings...

Nigerians To Pay More For Imported Cars

April 24, (THEWILL) – Nigerians will, effective May 1, 2023, pay more for imported cars as port operators give notice of increase in handling charges. The Ports and Terminal Multipurpose Limited has slammed an additional N50,000 per unit...

Decade of Gas: Wabote Advocates Annual Reporting on Implementation

April 23, (THEWILL) - As Nigeria navigates the 3rd year of implementing the Decade of Gas Programme of the Federal Government, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has advocated...

Regulatory Infractions: CBN, PenCom, Others Slam N159m Penalties on Stanbic IBTC

Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc paid a total of N159 million as punishment against its subsidiaries for breaching various regulatory guidelines in the 2022 financial year. The penalties were imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Pension Commission...

Court Nullifies Sections of CAMA 2020

April 22, (THEWILL) – The Federal High Court, Abuja, has nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020 which were considered to infringe on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizens. The judge, James...

About Me

Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.
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