Senate summons finance minister over unexplained N206bn in ministry’s budget
The Senate has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to explain an allocation of N206 billion inserted into the ...
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Nigeria needs about N7 trillion yearly to fund social security system
As part of solutions for Nigeria to end its poverty trap, the country requires about N5 to N7 trillion yearly ...
Debt: Court Orders CBN To Deduct N40bn Ebonyi Allocation
The Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to commence deduction of ...
FG, Domestic Airlines Legal Battle Over Nigeria Air Kicks Off Thursday
The Federal Government has assembled a legal team to challenge the suit filed by domestic airlines seeking to stop the ...
Nigerian lawmakers set to block arbitrary spending by revenue-generating agencies
The Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari has found itself on a financial cliff due to the disparity between revenue ...
U.S. Returns Another $20m Abacha Loot To Nigeria
The United States Department of Justice said it had transferred over $20.6m to the Federal Government in accordance with an ...
Experts proffer solutions as Nigeria’s poverty exceeds World Bank projection
The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that 133 million Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor. In its latest National Multidimensional Poverty ...
FG mulls bank guarantees for Nigeria-Ethiopia deal
The Federal Government is planning to provide bank guarantees for the proposed Nigeria-Ethiopia deal, according to court papers The Federal ...
FG reviews school feeding in Delta, adds N30 per meal
The National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme has been reviewed from N70 per meal for schoolchildren to N100 in Delta State. ...
Lagos Airport restores Runway Lights 14 years after
Local airlines can now heave a sigh of relief, as the Federal Government finally restores airfield lighting on the Runway ...
