Sam Diala, THEWILL

EMTL Boosts FAAC by N20.54bn as NIBSS  Tracks Multi-billion Naira Bank Frauds

March 03, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian government raked in N20.54 billion in January 2025, from Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) as part of the N1.7 trillion Federation Accounts Allocation Committee proceed shared by the three tiers of government. A press...

Expanding Jobless GDP Mirrors Troubled Agriculture, Manufacturing Sector

March 02, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government is celebrating the country’s recent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which showed a 3.84 percent growth in real terms in the fourth quarter (Q4)...

Promoting Agribusiness amid Insecurity

February 24, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian government has been promoting agriculture and agribusiness with an unusual vigour and in a manner that suggests that those in authority are oblivious of the frequent killings of farmers, especially in Benue state. Benue,...

CPI Rebasing, Stable Naira Mask Operating Challenges Against Businesses

February 23, (THEWILL) – The recent rebasing of Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), as announced by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the momentary stability of the naira in the foreign exchange market, are capable of obscuring the...

Kogi Investment Summit: Memories of February 2018 Economic Mirage

February 17, (THEWILL) – Undaunted by a deluge of criticism and negative media reports, the Kogi State Government, under Alhaji Yahaya Bello, as governor, braved a two-day ‘Kogi Economic and Investment Summit’ February 13-14, 2018. It was the first in...

Functional Dangote Plant Halts Unending Repairs of NNPC’s Refineries

February 16, (THEWILL) –In a dramatic coincidence, Nigeria’s four moribund refineries, which have laid comatose for well over two decades, have returned to life. This is happening at a time Dangote Petroleum Refinery has begun production and inching close...

GTBank Introduces Zero Processing Fee on POS Terminals for SMEs

February 16, (THEWILL) – Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd (GTBank) has scrapped processing fees on all its point-of-sale (POS) terminals, allowing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to receive payments at no cost. The bank announced the initiative in a notice to...

Stock Market Investors Record N1.82trn Gain in February 2nd Week

February 16, (THEWILL) – Nigeria equities market continues to reward investors with enhanced gains as the local bourse remained bullish at the end of the second week trading in February, 2025.   Market capitalisation, closed at N67.41 trillion on Friday, February...

NIBSS Upgrades NQR Payment for Enhanced Digital Transactions in Nigeria

February 10, (THEWILL) – With digital transactions hitting over N1 quadrillion in 2024, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has unveiled significant upgrades to its Nigeria Quick Response (NQR) payment system, designed to streamline and enhance digital transactions for...

NCDMB Hosts Nigerian Army Personnel, Showcases Milestones in Local Content Implementation

February 09, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, played host to a visiting team of ranking military officers from the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), Abuja, who are in...

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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