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Sugar tax harmful to manufacturing sector -CPPE
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has raised concerns over renewed calls for additional taxes on sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages (SSBs) in Nigeria, warning that…
FG earmarks N1.7tn in 2026 budget for unpaid contractors
*Tinubu The Federal Government has budgeted the sum of in the 2026 Appropriation Bill to settle outstanding debts owed to contractors for capital projects executed in 2024. A breakdown of…
NNPC’s $1.42bn, N5.57trn Debt Write-Off and Test of Nigeria’s Fiscal Governance
When the Federal Government approved the write-off of about $ billion and trillion in legacy debts owed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to the Federation Account,…
Arthur Stevens CEO, Olatunde Amolegbe, to Keynote Business Journal Annual Lecture 2025
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Mr. Olatunde Amolegbe, Managing Director/CEO, Arthur Stevens Asset Management Limited will deliver the Keynote Paper at the Business Journal Annual Lecture 2025 scheduled for Tuesday, December 16,…
US tariffs wipe out $600m Nigerian exports
The United States has reduced its purchases of Nigerian goods by about $615m in the first eight months of this year following the introduction of new tariffs by President Donald…
WES 2025: Economist sees Nigeria’s productivity challenge as human tragedy, defining opportunity
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI L-R: Dr Abidemi Cornelius Adegboye, Department of Economics, University of Lagos; Mr Adeniran Adebayo, representing Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); and…
EFCC boss Olukoyede joins other chief executives to address WorldStage Economic Summit 2025
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI *As one governor, one minister, 21 organisations set to receives WorldStage Economic Summit Awards For Outstanding Economic Impacts in 2025 The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
ICPC Chairman to deliver Realnews 13th Anniversary Lecture
*Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN · Guest Lecturer: Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission · Theme: “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda…
Tinubu’s 15% Fuel Duty: Taxing Pain in a Broken Economy
BY BLAISE UDUNZE When a nation is bleeding economically, with inflation at historic highs and citizens gasping for survival, one expects government policy to offer relief, not suffocation. Yet, President…
Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips to chair Realnews 13th Anniversary Lecture
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Honourable Justice Ayotunde Phillips • Chair: Honourable Justice Ayotunde Phillips • Theme: “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa.” • Date: Wednesday, the…
