Tag: economy

The minister says salaries have been paid up to April.

For me, President Jonathan is a gentleman and a friend but I have a fundamental disagreement on his management of ...

PREMIUM TIMES, courtesy BudgIT, has obtained authentic copies of the proposal handed to federal lawmakers for vetting and approval.

“The growth of the private sector under the PDP has been phenomenal."

The 2015-2017 fiscal framework will focus on job creation and inclusive economic growth.

The fund facility will help Nigerian entrepreneurs, SMEs,‎ form Joint ventures with Dutch companies. Nigeria is to benefit from a ...

Over the last four years, I have been worried by how the incumbent administration has managed the economy. Despite the ...

She also said that 75 per cent of registered companies, especially Small and Medium Enterprises, were not in the tax ...

The shareholders made their position known at the bank's 23rd Annual general Meeting, AGM, in Lagos. Shareholders of Diamond Bank ...

The Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Godwin Emefiele, is to be the next Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. ...

The NNPC insists that it owes no money to the government. But its documents can only be verified by forensic ...

Minister Okonjo-Iweala says tax waivers and concessions have had negative impacts on the country's revenue base. The Federal Government lost ...

I was about to write this piece detailing the positive effects of the Transformation Agenda when I was confronted with ...

Reuben Abati said Mrs. Alison-Madueke cannot approve the sale of the refineries. Despite the statements of various government officials including ...

A staff said this was the first time it had ever happened in the villa. Top civil servants working at ...

Let me begin with a confession; I am no economist, so some of the ways of budgeting may indeed be ...

The latest inflation rate, for August, is at a five-year low of 8.2 percent Financial Derivatives Company, FDC, a diversified ...

While the government insists the nation's economy is healthy, sector indicators increasingly suggest otherwise The Nigerian economy has continued to ...

Four new locomotives were inaugurated at the Apapa port. The Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, on Friday said that the ...

The House has not given date for the hearing. The House of Representatives said Thursday it welcomed “wholeheartedly” a challenge ...

Small businesses will be able to source for funding not only with landed properties. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ...

Many banks have released their 2013 half-year results. Majority of the banks in Nigeria have released their 2013 first half ...

The state government demolished its old secretariat for the project. The Ogun State Government on Friday completed the demolition of ...

Sri-Lanka pledged to support Nigeria’s bid for a UN Security Council permanent seat. President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja called ...

The minister said borrowing “facilitates you to do what you cannot do with your resources.” The Minister of State for ...