The Federal Ministry of Finance has confirmed release of N375.8million to the first batch of 20 providers of information under the Whistleblower Policy. The payment, of various amounts totaling N375,875,000, relate to the recovery of N11,635,000,000 . Minister for Finance, Read more
An Economic expert, Mr Eze Onyekpere, on Sunday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to make public the nation’s debt profile. He said that letting Nigerians to know the size of the country’s debt was necessary give the N1.84 Read more
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has advised Nigerians to focus on non-oil revenue growth, tax compliance and budget transparency to drive economic development in the country. The minister gave the advice on Friday during a Finance Ministers’ meeting Read more
• Ask Adeosun to release N15b amnesty funds • JAMB to extend registration for UTME The House of Representatives yesterday set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate activities of the Presidential Task Force on Pensions Reforms from 2010 to the Read more
Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, has said the economic template being used to foster the growth of Nigeria’s economy was copied from Lagos state. Making the admission on Tuesday at the colloquium organised to celebrate the 65th birthday of Bola Read more
Capital released to Nigeria’s ministries and government agencies under the 2016 budget has reached a record 1 trillion naira ($3.3 billion), the finance minister said on Sunday. Development in Africa’s largest economy has been stunted by a lack of much Read more
For the first time in seven months, the dollar fell below the psychological N400 barrier, when the greenback traded at N399 to the dollar in Lagos and exchanged at N395 in Abuja, lower than N410 at which it traded on Read more
The Federal Ministry of Finance yesterday listed fresh conditions for the release of the Paris Club debt refund to states. It said that it was doubtful if most governors fulfilled earlier conditions as salaries and pensions were still being owed Read more