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Nigeria’s foreign reserves rise to $38.2bn

  Written by Odidison Omankhanlen and Olatunde Sanni Thursday, 19 August 2010   The nation’s foreign exchange reserves rose around three per cent to $38.2 billion by mid-August from $37.1 billion at the end of last month, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Wednesday.Forex reserves stood at $43.3 […]

Election – Induced Bond

  11th of August, 2010   The Nigerian Senate has approved a N87.7 billion supplementary budget to fund the forth coming electoral polls which is being proposed to take place in January 2011. The electoral body has specifically stated that the funds are necessary to enable the country conduct credible […]

Imperatives of an effective pension system

    WEDNESDAY, 18 AUGUST 2010 BY   Consolidation is the watchword as the National Pension Commission (PenCom) had already registered over 4.3 million Nigerians. But there is still much to be done, in the sense that one of the major challenges facing the Commission is to ensure prompt payment […]