By Joseph Edgar…. I am want to lean towards the conspiracy theorist at times, if for nothing else but to marvel and luxuriate in their warped...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that the Federal Government due to its ongoing effort to rebalance the nation’s debt portfolio did not...
Reports have emerged of how the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, and other senior members of the organization systematically abused...
Following reports that the African Development Bank (AfDB) had decided against moving forward with its direct budget-support loan to Nigeria because of her failure to meet...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun on Tuesday disclosed that the Federation Account recorded a total revenue inflow of N797.51 billion from Value Added Tax between...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has explained that the federal government is not desirous of borrowing fresh loans, but seeking to refinance what is...
The Director-General of Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha, on Thursday explained how the Federal Government competes with the private sector for loans from the commercial banks....
The World Bank Group has said that it was misquoted by the media report which claimed that it disagreed with Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun,...
Despite opposition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some other Nigerians over continued borrowing of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi...
The Senate, on Thursday, descended on the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, over claims that the National Assembly was yet to approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has stated that the Senate was wrong to accuse the Federal Government of abysmal funding releases for capital projects in...
Lawmakers on the Senate committees on Appropriation and Finance, on Tuesday, slugged it out with the Ministers of Budget and National Planning, and Finance, Mr Udoma...
Following a resolution by Nigeria’s Senate summoning the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and her colleague, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, over...
Ministers will soon face the Senate, to give their accounts of stewardship on the implementation of the 2017 budget. This revelation was made on Tuesday by...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said the Nigerian economy is not structured to meet demographic needs of the various sectors of the economy, insisting...
The Federal Government has Wednesday made known its decision to probe some select agencies of government including the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Monday confirmed the release of the sum of N350bn to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government...
The whistleblowing policy instituted by the Federal Government may have helped to rake in about N11.6bn in monies stolen from government while some 20 whistleblowers may...
Any state government that fails to adopt a new strategy in its fiscal policy will no longer get support from the Federal Government, as the era...
Though many had always known that Lagos State dominates tax generation, but the revelation by the Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, that more than half of...
The Federal Government on Tuesday released details of payments to the 36 states as refund of “over-deductions on Paris Club, London Club Loans and Multilateral debts...
The Federal Government has employed the services of a global investigation agency to help trace illicit funds from Nigeria to other countries of the world. The...
The Federal Government has revealed plans to hire 7,500 graduates as it targets to increase the number of taxpayers in the country in the next two...
Nigeria workers may soon be smiling home as the Federal Government has paid the sum of N516.38billion to states as refunds on over-deductions for external debt...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has invited present and immediate past finance ministers, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala respectively, to appear before it over alleged abuse...
April 2017 revenue of N415billion was on Tuesday shared among the three tiers of government by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). This was revealed by...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement on Monday ordered the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to appear before it within 24 hours. The committee’s...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has assured foreign investors of Governments commitment towards packaging fiscal incentives that will make businesses operate in a conducive environment...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it will focus on taxes in 2017 and ensure it is introduced on luxury items, tobacco and alcohol. The...
Not happy with government’s failure to meet its obligation to pensioners, Nigeria House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, said the lawmakers are ready to go and...
The Federal Government has sounded a note of warning to Nigerian billionaires and millionaires who evade tax payment to expect actions against them very soon. Minister...
An ongoing probe, ordered by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has uncovered a massive fraud in the Federal Government Youth Enterprise with Innovation in...
IN spite of the ecstasy that greeted the Federal Government’s release of N522 billion being the first tranche of London-Paris Clubs loan refund to the states...
More facts have emerged on why the Stabilisation Fund Account (SFA) and Excess Crude Account (ECA) of Nigeria have been in the decline between 2015 and...
In spite of what looks like Nigeria’s delisting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from creditor institutions for its current quest for loan facilities, its management...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, who was irritated with the failure of the Federal Government to release the January Budget Support Fund (BSF) to his state,...
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ali Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday in Abuja, described the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) as one of the...
Workers of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) now live in fear of the unknown as the situation bedevilling the agency’s activities has taken a new...
Despite claims by Nigerian officials that the country’s $1bn Eurobond sale was oversubscribed, investors are still insisting that permanent peace be found in the oil producing...
There is every indication that the much awaited international investment drive by Nigeria, also known as Eurobond, will kick-off before the end of February 2017, according...
There are strong indications that the federal government is considering granting further tax holiday to investors in the power sector in its bid to help stimulate...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed charges against five officials, who allegedly padded the Federal Government payroll with about 50,000 ‘ghost’ workers. The...
Nigeria’s three tiers of government got a slightly fatter pay packet in the month of January, 2017. Every month, the Federal Government, States and Local Government...
Until Nigeria generates enough foreign exchange and finds solution to its over bloated head cost, the country will not cease going to international credit institutions for...
Worried by persistent fall in value of the Nigerian currency, the naira, which lost more than 90 per cent value in 2016, the Presidency has given...
The Federal Government’s hope of getting the country out of recession in 2017 may hit a brick wall if operators in the real sector carry out...
The management of Bank of Industry (BoI) has become ruffled as the Federal Government has concluded plans to appoint a board and management for Development Bank...
The much-awaited $300 million Diaspora Bond will be rolled out in March, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has said. Adeosun spoke at a meeting...
A battle of wit is about to commence as the Federal Government concludes plans to appoint auditing firms to review the financial management mechanisms of the...
The 2017 financial year may begin on a shaky note for the ministry of finance and some government agencies and parastatals. Informed sources have revealed that...
