SEC to Charge 0.025% Regulatory Fee on Fixed Income Transactions from Jan 1 – Thisday
The Securities and Exchange Commission( SEC) yesterday said it will commence 0.025 per cent regulatory fee on fixed income (Bonds) secondary market transactions effective from January 1, 2022. The Commission in circular said, “This circular is made pursuant to Section 13(u) of the Investments and Securities Act (ISA), 2007 and Schedule 1, Part D of the SEC Rules (Registration Fees, Minimum Capital Requirements, Securities and others) which empower the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to levy, among others, fees on transactions relating to investments and securities business in Nigeria”……………… read more
FG debt servicing gulps N2.49tn in nine months – DMO report – Punch
Nigeria spent N2.49tn on debt servicing payments in the first nine months of 2021, data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown. Between January and March 2021, Nigeria spent N612.71bn on domestic debt servicing, while it spent $1bn (N410.83bn) on external debt servicing, giving a total of N1.02tn. From April to June 2021, the country spent N322.7bn on domestic debt servicing and $299m (N122.83bn) on external debt servicing, showing a total of N445.53bn. From July to September 2021, Nigeria spent N808.49bn on domestic debt servicing and $520.78m (N213.95bn) on external debt servicing, giving a total of N1.02tn……………..read more
World Bank approves $700m credit for Nigeria – Daily Independent
The World Bank has approved a $700m credit from the International Development Association for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project. The bank disclosed this on Thursday in a statement by the Senior External Affairs Officer for Nigeria, Mansir Nasir. “The project will increase the implementation of sustainable landscape management practices in northern Nigeria and strengthen the country’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management,” it said………………..read more
Nigeria’s oil production increases by 2.55 million barrels – OPEC- Thisday
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Monday announced that NNPC was currently increasing the supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, in a bid to force down its price. Kyari, who announced this at the inauguration of a 120-metric tonnes LPG storage and bottling plant by Emadeb Energy Services Limited in Abuja, however, explained that the hike in cooking gas price was an international issue…………..read more
We’ll toll roads to repay infrastructure debts – Emefiele – Punch
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said most of the roads constructed in the country will be tolled to repay the loans used to fund them. Emefiele said this on Wednesday while answering questions after the two-day retreat of the Bankers’ Committee in Lagos. He said, “Most of those roads will be tolled and we know that in many other countries in the world, roads are tolled because those projects are commercially viable. “They can be refunded with tolls so that maintenance can be done on a regular basis, and people will pay for it and enjoy good roads, and enjoy good facilities because that is the only way we can fund the infrastructure of this country, which is the large amount of money that is needed……………………read more