archiveMarch 2018

“We have scaled a good deal on grand corruption today despite the fact that we are earning 60 percent less in revenue, we are actually able to spend more than ever before in the history of this country on infrastructure. In 2017, we spent over N1.2 trillion on capital. That's...

  Five serving Governors, 20 senators and some members of the House of Representatives from the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress are set to join the Social Democratic Party, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Alfa Mohammed, has said. The Secretary said on Sunday in an...

  …Says immediate action will avert Egmont’s imminent expulsion of Nigeria A civil society organization, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) has called on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to avert Nigeria’s imminent expulsion from the Egmont group of Financial Intelligence Units by assenting to...

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, on Friday listed two conditions that must be met for Nigeria to overcome its economic difficulties and for Africa to develop. He said that governments in the country needed to invest massively in education and skills training as well as meaningful support...

  El-Rufai, Adeosun honour 40 years consistent tax payer in Kaduna The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has advised tax payers to demand for written notice when they receive phone calls from tax officials. She gave this advice in response to the activities of some fake tax officials...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he will formally declare his 2019 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform in two weeks. Atiku said the event will take place in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at the...

    The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Saturday that Nigeria’s trade statistics for the 2017 fiscal period recorded an increase of N5.5 trillion in trade from N17.3 trillion in 2016 to N23.1 trillion in the year under review. The bureau in the report  made public on Saturday...

  Following increased calls for climate funding, Mr Ahmad Salihijo, a technical assistant to the Minister of Environment, said the ministry planned to issue N150 billion green bonds to the public. Salihijo revealed this in a panel discussion on Making Climate Finance Work for Women and Non-State Actors organized by...

  The value of capital imported into Nigeria rose 29.9 percent in the fourth quarter to $5.32 billion, as economic activity gathered pace after the first recession in a quarter century, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday. Capital imports stood at $12.2 billion for 2017, up from...

  When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office three years ago, eradicating the“mindless, godless” militants of Boko Haram and rescuing the hundreds of women and children they held captive was one of the main pledges in his inaugural address. Another mass abduction of schoolgirls in the dusty and remote northeast...