Economy

In a bid to protect the nation’s environment, the Ministry of Environment has commenced moves to make oil spillage a criminal offence,…

As a demonstration of its commitment to the Nigerian and African market, Deloitte, one of the leading professional services firms in the…

The Federal Government has ordered the closure of bank accounts of government agencies that have failed to remit their revenues to the…

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said Nigeria saved N254 billion through the substitution cassava flour in bread baking…

Federal government has opened up 10 power plants under the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) for international investment in London. Prof. Chinedu Nebo,…

THE EXCERPT: I want to start by saying that we are never upset by a critical examination of what we are doing.…

Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has scored yet another first. This time, he has been named the Africa’s first…

The Federal Government has concluded plans to stop the importation of wheat into the country in order to create markets for farmers…

 Nigeria’s total debt stock stood at $53.46 billion as at end-March 2013. This is the aggregate of Federal Government, State governments and…

Former South African President, Mr. Thabo Mbeki said that African leaders launder about $50 billion into foreign banks annually. Mbeki made the…

Nigeria’s poverty rate should be falling faster given its economic growth this decade, an official of the International Monetary Fund said. The…

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, has disclosed the allocation of its $1 billion (about N155 billion) take-off of capital to the…

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of new chief executive officers for three parastatal agencies. The appointees are Mr Benjamin Dikki, Director-General, Bureau…

The Debt Management Office has said that Nigeria will continue to maintain a debt  to Gross Domestic Product threshold of 40 per…

—-oil revenue exceeded budget estimate —-non oil revenue drops  By Omoh Gabriel The total federally collected revenue stood at N2. 425.3 trillion…