Finance

Economic

12 States Face Revenue Shortfalls Despite N117bn Debt Spending

Abuja, Nigeria — A new fiscal review has raised fresh concerns over the financial health of Nigerian states, as twelve sub-national governments failed to meet their 2025 first-quarter revenue targets despite collectively spending over N117 billion on debt servicing. This was revealed through Q1 budget implementation reports obtained from state portals and the Open Nigerian […]

Author Avatar Enoch Odesola

Finance

Flutterwave secures 20 more U.S. money transmitter licenses

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announced the relaunch of its flagship remittance solution, Send App, across US states following its newly acquired Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs). This comes after Flutterwave secured 20 additional MTLs in the US, adding to the 14 licenses the brand has held since 2023. Altogether, this achievement raises Flutterwave’s […]

Author Avatar Roseline

Business

NNPCL declares N1.054 trillion profit for May 2025

ABUJA – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reported a profit after tax of ₦1.054 trillion for the month of May 2025, marking a significant 40.37 percent increase from the ₦748 billion posted in April. According to its latest Monthly Report Summary for May 2025, released on Tuesday, the national oil company also […]

Author Avatar Roseline

Business

13 banks clear USSD debts using airtime-based billing model

Nigeria – In a development for Nigeria’s digital financial services, thirteen commercial banks have fully settled their outstanding debts for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, services owed to Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, paving the way for a new, streamlined billing structure. The remaining three banks are nearing completion of their payments, having cleared over 95 […]

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Business

Eid-el-Kabir: PDP Calls on Tinubu to Cut Fuel and Electricity Costs

Abuja, Nigeria—The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently review and reverse economic policies burdening Nigerians, particularly high fuel prices, electricity tariffs, and charges on essential services. In a statement issued Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP urged the government to use the Eid-el-Kabir season to […]

Author Avatar Enoch Odesola

Economic

Mercy Chinwo: EFCC Arraigns EeZeeTee on New Charges

  Lagos, Nigeria — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn earlier allegations of fraudulent conversion of funds against gospel music producer Ezekiel Onyedikachi, popularly known as EeZeeTee, filed by gospel singer Mercy Chinwo. In a statement following court proceedings on Wednesday, the EFCC confirmed the filing of a revised eight-count charge against […]

Author Avatar Enoch Odesola