Economy
News and analysis on the Nigerian economy
Is 5% returns on mutual funds enough? Here are 5 things you need to know this morning
2021 has been a slow year for mutual fund investors as the best performing fund could only return 4.87%
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Facebook launches social media drive to boost Covid-19 acceptance in Nigeria
This initiative is coming at a time when a good number of Nigerians are yet to accept the Covid-19 vaccine...
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Reversal of Addax lease revocation: victory against arbitrariness
Addax has significantly reduced spending on the blocks and has been consistent in requesting for fiscal and/or commercial incentives to...
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Motorcycle “Okada” fare in Nigeria surges by 102.5% in March 2021
Specifically, the average fare increased from N134.07 recorded in March 2020 to N271.44 in March 2021.
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FG explains how the Covid-19 vaccines work and their composition
The NPHCDA Director said that Covid-19 vaccine candidates are of various categories based on their mechanism of action.
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EU gets additional 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech
This brings the total number of doses to be delivered to the 27 EU members to 600 million in 2021.
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Covid: Nigeria records lowest number of daily cases in over 1 year
NCDC announced 26 new cases on Sunday, 18th April 2021, as Nigeria's pandemic curve flattens
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Nigerian states generate N1.31 trillion IGR in 2020 as Lagos dwarfs others
The 36 states and the Federal Capital, generated a sum of N1.31 trillion as Internally generated revenue (IGR) in 2020
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Lack of vaccine access will reduce Africa’s economic growth compared to rest of world – IMF
IMF forecasts that Nigeria is expected to grow by 2.5% in 2021 and 2.3% in 2022.
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Covid-19: SEC to launch N100 billion Strategic Health Impact Fund
Mr Lamido Yuguda, DG of SEC, stated that the purpose of the fund is to help Nigeria's economic recovery from...
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