The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed in its Annual Reports and Statements of Accounts for 2005 that Nigeria earned a princely sum of N5.547 trillion last year.
Noting that the total federally-collected revenue exceeded the level in 2004 by 41.5 per cent, the apex bank attributed the rise to the significant increase in oil receipts, particularly in the third quarter of 2005.
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