The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has collected a total of N973,540,612.78 in the month of October 2014 which is the highest monthly revenue collected this year, even as it has stepped up anti-smuggling measures as Christmas celebrations approaches.

THERE is broad agreement that Nigeria with over 160 million people, an entrepreneurial spirit, natural resources, and an economic policy framework that looks increasingly market – driven has a promising future. In the last few years as Nigeria has come into the global development picture with GDP growth averaging 6-7.5 per cent a year, it has become fashionable to look at the unlocking of Africa’s biggest economy. Only in April, a rebasing of the country’s economy captured economic sectors like entertainment and fashion and pushed the country’s GDP to the fore on the continent.

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Peter Jack, has disclosed that that the nation’s Information and Communication Technology, ICT, sector has boosted the federal government’s effort in job creation with the creation of about 12 million jobs from 2012 to date.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has warned commercial banks operating in the country against placing unrealistic deposit targets on their marketers.

The Bank of Industry says its empowerment funds have so far taken a total of 793, 428 Nigerians off the street as they have been gainfully employed across four key sectors of the economy in the last three years.