The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings 2026 will take place in Washington, D.C., United States, from April 13 to April 18.
The yearly meeting brings together governors of central banks, ministers of finance and development, business leaders, civil society groups, and academics to talk about the state of the world economy and important policy issues.
Most of the time, the talks are about the global growth outlook, financial stability, and ways to reduce poverty.
Nigeria’s inflation in April
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is going to put out a report about Nigeria’s consumer price index (CPI) and inflation for March 2026.
The NBS said in February that Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped slightly from 15.1% in January to 15.06% in February.
The NBS said that the CPI, which shows how prices of goods and services are changing, went down by 0.04 percent from January 2026 to February 2026.
The SEC DG and the NGX Chair will lead a discussion about digital assets at the 2026 IAPM conference.
The 2026 annual conference of the Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers (IAPM) will be about how digital assets are regulated and used in Nigeria.
The event, called “Fostering Enduring Operating Environment for Digital Assets Trading and Investments — Regulators/Operators’ Perspectives,” will take place on April 16, 2026, at the Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island in Lagos.
Umaru Kwairanga, chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), is the guest of honor, and Emomotimi Agama, director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will be the special guest of honor and chairman of the event.
The conference will have a powerful panel that includes Kashifu Abdullahi, the Director General of NITDA, and Bola Ajomale, the SEC Commissioner for Operations. Olufemi Awoyemi, the chairman of Proshare Nigeria, will be in charge of the panel.
Robert Barnes, who used to be the director of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), and Nicky Okoye, who is the chairman of Anabel Group, are the guest speakers.
New fiscal policy measures from the FG lower tariffs on cars, palm oil, and sugar.
The federal government has given the green light for the 2026 fiscal policy measures (FPM) to go into effect. These include big changes to tariffs.
The government said in a circular dated April 1, 2026, and signed by Wale Edun, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, that the new rules replace the 2023 FPM.
The policy has a national list of 127 tariff lines with lower import duty rates that are meant to “promote and stimulate growth in critical sectors of the economy.”
The LIRS has pushed back the deadline for filing individual tax returns to April 21.
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has pushed back the deadline for filing individual annual income tax returns to April 21.
The agency thanked taxpayers for their continued compliance in a statement on Friday. They also noted that usage of its eTax platform had increased since the deadline was moved to April 14.
The tax agency said that the platform’s higher traffic shows that taxpayers are trying to meet the deadline for filing.
