OAGF commissions newly constructed Kano Federal Pay Office
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has commissioned a newly constructed Federal Pay Office (FPO) complex in Kano State. The Federal Pay […]
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Aviation: Buhari directs Finance Minister to seek special funding for Abuja Airport’s Second Runway
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to look for special funding for the second runway of the […]
Nigeria’s economy remains the largest in Africa with $400bn GDP – FG
By Chimezie Godfrey The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has said that Nigeria’s economy remains largest in Africa with with over […]
Finance minister charges graduating customs officers to be NCS ambassadors
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has charged graduates of the Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, to henceforth be ambassadors of the college […]
2022 budget proposal an improvement on NDLEA’s fortune- Marwa
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the proposed 2022 budget allocation to […]
Resourcefulness of citizens, key to Nigeria’s growth – Finance Minister
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, says the growth and development of any country depend on the level of the resourcefulness of […]
Finance minister, 2 others bag honorary doctorates as KASU graduates 9,684
Prof. Muhammed Tanko, Vice Chancellor, Kaduna State University (KASU), says the institution, had keyed into Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i’s vision of providing courses that would produce […]
Finance Minister updates Reps on 2021 budget implementation
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to give an overview of 2021 fiscal outcome.She […]
Lauretta Onochie As Metaphor, By Azu Ishiekwene
The refusal of the Senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee as national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is a […]
African ministers advise rich nations to invest $30bn from IMF cash
African finance ministers have urged rich countries to reallocate at least 30 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund money toward investments in Africa. They […]
Court clears ex-Finance Minister, Adeosun, over NYSC certificate saga
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, cleared the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery, which […]
NEC endorses 2022-2024 medium term expenditure framework, fiscal strategy paper
By Chimezie Godfrey As plans for next year’s budget begins to gather pace, the National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework […]
Women empowerment: AfDB to provide $500m to businesses by end of 2021
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it would provide 500 million dollars of lending to women-empowered businesses by the end of 2021, through its […]
COVID-19: World Bank, AU partner to support vaccination for 400m Africans
The World Bank Group and the African Union (AU) have entered a partnership to support the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative, to vaccinate up to […]
Tanzania plans to join COVAX vaccine-sharing facility — WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said Tanzania plans to request to join the COVAX global vaccine-sharing facility.WHO said this was the latest sign of […]
Senate invites Finance Minister, Army Chief on releases for security operations
Senate Committee on Army has invited Finance Minister, Director-General of Budget Office and Chief of Army Staff (CAS) to give details of funds released to […]
CBN and the regulatory role of “printing money,” By Kadiri Abdulrahman
Government’s printing of Naira simply means loans advanced to states to pay salaries and survive; and not the literal interpretation of printing money from the […]
Don says nothing wrong if CBN prints money to augment revenue
A professor of Economics, Lanre Olaniyan, says there is nothing untoward about the CBN printing money to augment Federal Government’s revenue. Olaniyan told the News […]
Dutch bank ABN Amro pays 480m for money laundering
Three former board members of Dutch bank ABN Amro were under criminal investigation in a money-laundering probe, the public prosecutor’s office in The Hague says. […]
APC governors slam Obaseki over allegation of currency printing
The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) has debunked claims by Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo that the Federal Government printed between N50 billion – N60 billion […]
Leverage AfCFTA to accelerate industrialisation- African ministers
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has called for the leveraging of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to accelerate industrialisation […]
Buhari meets WTO D-G, OKonjo-Iweala
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]
Can This Grandmother Save The World? By Azu Ishiekwene
As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally announced the appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General this week, a Swiss newspaper received her with […]
Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment, case of shattering glass ceiling — Financial consultant
Mr Ona Ohimor, a Financial Consultant has described the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as […]
Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as WTO’s D-G, a blessing for Nigeria – Obi
Mr Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra says the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation will […]