Sam Diala, THEWILL

Economy: Budget Padding Hits N3trn in 6 Years  

January 23, (THEWILL) - The National Assembly inflated Nigeria’s annual budgets with a total of over N3 trillion within six years (2017-2022), thereby distorting the economic growth and objectives the budgets were originally intended to achieve. The jerking up...

State Of State: Kaduna State

January 16, (THEWILL) - Kaduna State was created in 1967 with Kaduna as the capital and major city.  It used to be called the North-Central State.  It is located in north-western Nigeria and bordered by Zamfara, Katsina and Kano States to...

State of the States: Nasarawa State

January 16, (THEWILL) - There are concerns that Nigeria’s worsening revenue challenge may escalate into a financial implosion, with the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (sub-nationals), being the worst hit. The situation is aggravated by the nation’s...

UBA, Ecobank Among Topmost Investment Channels in Q3 2021

January 16, (THEWILL) - United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and Ecobank Nigeria Plc were among the topmost financial institutions through which foreign investments totaling $1.73 billion were channeled into the Nigerian economy in the third quarter of 2021...

2022 Budget: Doubts Over Capacity to Lift Economy

January 09, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31, 2021 signed into law the 2022 budget of N17.12 trillion passed by the National Assembly. The lawmakers had jerked up the budget by N731 billion from the N16.39 trillion originally...

CBN’s Intervention In Best Interest Of Stakeholders – FirstBank MD/CEO

January 05, (THEWILL) - The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, has said that the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in FirstBank is in the best interest of the bank’s stakeholders...

State Of The States: Borno State

January 02, (THEWILL) - There are concerns that Nigeria’s worsening revenue challenge may escalate into a financial implosion, with the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (sub-nationals), being the worst hit. The situation is aggravated by the nation’s...

Why More Women Are Banking With Access Bank – Wigwe

January 02, (THEWILL) - Access Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, has identified good customer service, access to finance, provision of educative and possibility of business growth are some of the reasons why more women are patronising the bank....

State Of State: Yobe State

January 02, (THEWILL) - Yobe State, located in north-eastern Nigeria, was created on August 27, 1991 from the old Borno State. Its capital is Damaturu and its largest city is Potiskum.  Yobe shares boundaries with the Niger Republic by the...

Equity Market: Non-Dividend-Paying Firms Drop to 51 in 4 Years

January 02, (THEWILL) - The number of quoted firms on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) that have failed to pay dividends in at least five years dropped from 84 in 2017 to 51 in 2021. This represents a 60.7 percent...

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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