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2023 Budget benchmarked on $75 per barrel oil price – official

Abuja, Dec. 29, 2022 – The 2023 federal budget is predicated on $75 per barrel benchmark against the $70 dollars per barrel proposed in the budget estimate presented by President Mohammadu Buhari. The National Assembly, however, retained other parameters of 1.69 million barrels of oil production per day, N435.57 to the US dollar exchange rate, 3.75 per cent GDP growth rate and 17.16 per cent inflation rate. The size of the budget was also increased by the National Assembly from the N20.51 trillion to N21.82 trillion proposed by the president. …

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Digital skills alleviate unemployment, poverty, hunger -expert

Empowerment Ibadan, Dec. 23, 2022 (NAN) Mr Oludayo Olusoga, the Executive Director, BetaX Digital Literacy for Sustainable Development Initiative, says the initiative will empower African youths to alleviate poverty, solve hunger and reduce unemployment. Olusoga said this at the graduation of the first set of free Digital Skills Training organised by the institution in Ibadan on Thursday where certificates were presented to the graduands. According to him, the initiative is positioned to empower African youths, alleviate poverty, solve hunger problems and reduce unemployment. “BetaX is a tech non-profit foundation tackling …

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FG seeks Senate’s approval to restructure debts

Abuja, Dec. 22, 2022 – President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate for approval to restructure N23.7tn Ways and Means advances given to the Federal Government by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The President made the request in a letter read in Senate Plenary on Wednesday. He said Ways and Means are advances from the CBN to the federal government for emergency funding of delayed receipt of fiscal deficit. ” The ways and means advance by the central bank of Nigeria, to the federal government has been a funding …

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Afreximbank, U.S EXIM sign a US$500 million MoU

Washington DC (U.S.), Dec. 20. 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (U.S. EXIM) to enhance trade between Africa and the United States of America. The MoU is also to expand commercial engagements of the African Diaspora community in the U.S. toward facilitating transactions critical to the economic growth of both the U.S. and Africa. The two banks will support trade and economic integration in Africa and across a broad range of trade-enabling sectors, including helping to …

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Inflation rises to 21.47%

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 21.47 per cent in November due increased food demand in the festive season. The National Bureau of Statistics’ “Consumer Price Index” for November 2022 released on Thursday, said the figure was 0.38 per cent higher than the 21.09 per cent recorded in October 2022. “In November 2022, on a year–on–year basis, the headline inflation rate was 21.47 per cent. “This was 6.07 per cent points higher compared to the rate recorded in November 2021 which was 15.40 per cent. “This means that in the month …

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Sanwo-Olu commends small-scale businesses for resilience

Lagos, Nov. 30, 2022 – The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu,  has commended the resilience of small and medium scale entrepreneurs despite the harsh business environment Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Co-operatives, Mrs Lola Akande, gave the commendation at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair held yesterday. He commended the exceptional will-power of participants, especially the small and medium entrepreneurs, whose level of participation at the annual exhibition had remained very strong.” Sanwo-Olu said that the realities of the …

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Research coy predicts higher 2.7% GDP growth for Nigeria in 2022

Lagos, Nov. 30, 2022 – United Capital Research, a Nigerian research firm, has predicted a 2.7 GDP growth rate for Nigeria in 2022. The research firm gave this projection in its economic outlook for the year, a copy of which was made available to the Global Business News in Lagos on Wednesday. It also predicted that the last quarter of 2022 will record a GDP growth rate of 2.0 percent, describing the 2.3 percent real GDP recorded in the third quarter of 2022 as the eighth consecutive high GDP growth rate …

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Nigeria’s GDP declines by 1.78% in Q3 2022

Abuja, Nov. 25, 2025 – Nigeria ‘s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 1.78 percent in the third quarter of 2022 from its level in the corresponding period in 2021. The GDP grew by 2.25 percent in real terms in third quarter of 2022 against the 4.03 growth rate recorded in the third quarter of of 2021. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) gave the statistics on its website. It attributed the decline to the base effects of the recession and the challenging conditions that impeded productive activities. The GDP …