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18 Dec
The outgoing year may go down in history as one of the toughest one for the real estate sector, as the macroeconomic, political and social environments dampened growth, and made the industry to perform below 50 per cent.
15 Dec
As the federal government adopts developmental plans that would enable it to attain a $1 trillion economy by 2030, operators have stressed the need for government at all levels to discontinue wasteful spending and plug financial leakage.
15 Dec
As the country’s public debt profile continues to rise, civil society groups are worried that citizens are being thrown into further poverty with more businesses shutting down as a result of over-taxation and illegal levies.
12 Dec
Tax practitioners have been urged to support the Federal Government to achieve its N10.4 trillion tax revenue target in the proposed 2024 budget by ensuring the tax revenue base is widened to bring more eligible tax payers into the system.
9 Dec
The Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Insurance and Actuarian matters, Mr Ahmed Jaha Babawo has decried the appalling level of contribution of the insurance sector to Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP).
9 Dec
When the Act came into force in 2018, there was a delay with the set up, management, issues around how to kick off and funding. Setting up processes, procedures and policies at that time were major challenges.
6 Dec
Managing Partner at Ecovis OUC (Chartered Accountants), Andrew Uviase, has faulted the reporting template used for the just-released gross domestic product (GDP) reporting even as he stressed that the economy has not made serious progress in real terms.
6 Dec
A nation’s economic development story is incomplete without recognising the pivotal role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at all levels of the country.
1 Dec
Contribution of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector have added 15.97 per cent growth to Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Q3 2023, largely driven by the telecommunications industry.
29 Nov
Singapore has charged Nigeria to increase the ranking of its ports in West Africa to first as well as its cargo handling capacity to 276,848 tonnes and ports throughput to 100 million metric tonnes from a baseline of 80 million metric tonnes by 2027.
24 Nov
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) has witnessed a 2.54 percent growth in the third quarter (Q3) of the year 2023.
24 Nov
Minister of Solid Minerals Development. Dr. Dele Alake, on Thursday, described the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris as a worthy partner in the Tinubu administration’s objective of projecting mining sector reforms towards
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