By Peter Egwuatu Nigeria’s Net Domestic Assets (NDA) rose by 27.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N101.006 trillion in July 2026 from N79.496 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2025, according to the money and credit statistics of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for July 2026. NDA represents the Central Bank of Nigeria’s […]

By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria’s manufactured goods imports surged Year-on-Year, YoY, by 16.9 per cent to N18 trillion in the first half of 2026 (H1’26), deepening concerns over rising import dependence and the growing pressure on local manufacturers. Latest Foreign Trade Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that manufactured imports rose from […]

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Federal Government (FG) has commenced preparations for the 2027 budget with the inauguration of a subcommittee to review existing fiscal and tax reforms and develop an implementable Finance Bill. The Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms was inaugurated yesterday in Abuja by the Minister of Finance and […]

By Emma Ujah Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, youths, students and market women yesterday protested at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, demanding an end to what they described as excessive borrowing by the Federal Government. The protesters, under the aegis of Climate Action, said the rising public debt-servicing burden was crowding out funding for critical […]

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, has said that one of his regrets in office as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was delaying the entry of telecommunications companies (telcos) into financial services. Sanusi spoke on Wednesday at the launch of the 2026 Access to Financial Services in Nigeria (A2F) survey […]