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The rising fortune of digital payment platforms
The cashless policy introduced by the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2012 which required a daily total limit of N500,000 and N3,000,000 on free cash withdrawals across all accounts owned…
Nigeria’s real sector is in need of more credit
Domestic credit to the private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit-taking corporations except for central…
Appraising cross-border operations of Nigeria’s tier-one banks
The banking sector in Nigeria continues to thrive, as Nigerian banks with international banking licenses keep spreading their presence across borders. Just like we have foreign-owned banks…
Diseases in Nigeria according to Nigeria Living Standard Survey
Health issues ( self- reported), whether illness or injuries, are reportedly high in Nigeria, with greater incidence in females than males. The predominant health problems according to the…
Trend in sectoral value added tax (VAT) at half year 2020
Value Added Tax (VAT) is fast becoming a significant source of revenue to the federal government of Nigeria. The overreliance on the volatile earnings from crude oil is making government at…
Leveraging on the digital economy to spur Nigeria’s economic growth
Globally, the field of digital technology is an attraction for foreign capital investing. Almost one in five foreign direct investments in Europe or 19 per cent, targets the digital…
Analysing the gender gap in English literacy in Nigeria
In Nigeria, self-reported literacy rates in reading and writing in English Language is generally higher among males than in females: this was extrapolated from the Nigeria Living Standard…
How COVID-19 affects Africa’s debt profile
As the days morph into weeks and weeks into months, the world is moving and changing at such a rate that many new issues are cropping up daily. One of the major concerns is the rising number…
Nigeria Living Standards Survey – what has changed?
Nigeria’s population is dominated by young people, majority of whom are younger than 20 years of age. A report on Nigeria Living Standards Survey (NLSS) revealed that out of the total male…
Coronavirus sets a new stride for digital transformation
The recent National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) data on the contribution of the Information and Communications Technology’s (ICT) sub sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shows that…