Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has asked the Federal Government to find a solution to Nigeria’s economic challenges, instead of playing the ‘Ostrich’. Obaseki was...
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed that the house will invite the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed,...
The Federal Government has described as a welcome development the rising price of crude oil in the global market, saying, “this is a good omen for...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Friday inflation rate in Nigeria was largely driven by the cost of transportation. The...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Tuesday Nigeria’s total public debts would hit N38trillion by December next year. Ahmed, who...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday presented the draft 2021 to 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework(MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy...
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Development, Zainab Ahmed has explained why Nigeria was excluded from the debt relief granted to 25 countries by the Executive...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has declared that the country’s budget will suffer severe strain due to the impact that the outbreak of the...
A face-off may be in the offing between the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Issa Pantami and his counterpart at the Ministry of Finance, Zainab...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday said that fears being expressed over Nigeria’s debt portfolio were not necessary. According...
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said on Sunday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) backed the Federal Government’s decision to close Nigeria’s borders because it...
Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed that the under-recovery of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly referred to as fuel subsidy, would gulp...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed a date to begin the deduction of the bail out funds to states of the federation which was issued...
The long arm of the law has caught up with Kenya’s Finance Minister, Henry Rotich, and 27 other treasury officials following their arrest over fraud and...
Several pensioners of the defunct Nigeria Airways laid siege to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday night in Abuja over the hardship they...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, recovered over N1 trillion from debtors whose loans were...
Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, says owners of yachts and private jets will begin paying luxury taxes from 2019. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Thursday, contradicted her Permanent Secretary, Mahmoud Dutse, over the withdrawal of $1.68 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA)....
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has described the recent sanctions placed on MTN Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over $8.1 billion repatriated...
Nigeria’s former finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has left the country, a day after her resignation, sources close to her told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday. Mrs Adeosun,...
From the presentation of the 2018 Budget to a joint session of the National Assembly to the signing of the budget by President Muhammadu Buhari on...
A third term member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) has faulted former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who accused federal legislators of...
The whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government has again recorded another success as government recovered N13.8 billion from tax evading companies. It also paid a sum...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, have incurred the wrath of members of the House...
There is no way Nigeria’s foreign reserves will not shrink as long more than 30 percent of the country’s earned foreign currency is used in importing fuel products annually, so says Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun. She said also that food...
Despite widespread cries in the land, state governors in the country have said they have confidence in the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and her...
The Federal Government has concluded plans to raise $1 billion on the Eurobond market. The move by the Nigerian government is part of its plan to...
Two months after the government of Angola (Africa’s biggest oil producer) broke off talks with the IMF over emergency funding; President José Eduardo dos Santos has...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has voiced what may be the official position of the Federal Government over the current economic crisis the nation is...
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has queried the claims made by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, over improved receipts by the...
Nigeria Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has stated that the economic crisis in the country has got to a point she has no option but must...
Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, Tuesday, said the country went into recession during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. He also disclosed that former Minister of...
Apparently determined to shore up government’s revenue, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revoked the reduction of withholding tax for construction related activities. The...
The Federal Government, Wednesday, said it has resolved to adopt more of external borrowing so as to achieve its aim of stimulating the economy and providing...
The federal government may have concluded plans to relocate some of its offices to buildings seized from alleged looters. This was disclosed by the Minister of...
There are indications that the Federal government has opted to reduce total budgetary spending on 2016 capital expenditure by half, as it envisages that the budget...
A day after divisive votes were cast to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer has vowed to rescue the country’s plunging economy. The...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that the Federal Government plans to inject N350 billion into the economy on quarterly basis so as...
Apparently restating the obvious, the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday acknowledged that Nigeria’s revenue profile was not looking bright yet. She said that government...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the suspended Director General of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs Nelly Mayshak over an alleged...
The suspension of the Director General of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, Mrs Nellie Mayshak, has been alleged to be the handiwork of a cabal...
The Federal Ministry of Finance on Friday confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Executive Secretary/Director General of The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs. Nellie Mayshak...
The Central Bank Governor of Bangladesh has thrown in the towel after hackers allegedly stole the sum of $81m belonging to the government from a U.S...
In the face of dwindling capacity to meet local and international obligations, the Buhari-led administration is reported to have reached out to China for a $2...
