We Can’t Pay Full Salaries To Civil Servants Due To Recession – Govt
Niger State Government has announced that full salaries will not be paid to workers due to a reduction in its federal allocation. The state government proposed to pay workers 70 per cent of their salaries, a decision which organized labour rejected. Secretary to the Niger State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, in a statement, noted that the reduction in salaries was not...
UK Uncovers Fresh $23.4m Abacha Loot
The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK says it has recovered $23,439,724.98 loot believed to have been siphoned out of Nigeria in the 1990s by the associates and family of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha. According to a communique issued...
Nigeria to export rice in two years – Minister of Agriculture
The closure of Nigeria’s land borders has caused an increase in domestic production of rice and the country is set to export the commodity, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, announced on Tuesday. Nanono said the closure of the land borders had resulted in increased output by many rice milling plants which were operating below capacities before...
Rising Cost Of Food Items Pushes 7 Million Persons Into Poverty In Nigeria — World Bank
High inflation driven by soaring food prices has pushed seven million Nigerians into poverty, the World Bank said. In a new report, it commended Nigeria for buttressing its economy from fallout from the coronavirus pandemic but called for urgent measures to brake inflation and protect livelihoods. A major crude exporter, Africa’s largest and most populous economy again slipped into a recession...
Nigeria Gets 60% Share Of Aferimbank’s $30bn Oil, Gas Funding
The African Export-Import Bank on Wednesday, disclosed that it has become the largest financier of oil and gas projects in Africa. The bank disclosed investing $30bn in industry projects, with Nigeria receiving 60 per cent despite reduced global funding for hydrocarbon ventures in Africa President, Afreximbank, Prof Benedict Oramah, said Africa has to find innovative solutions to its huge energy deficit. Oramah...
Watch Your Debt Profile, IMF Cautions Nigeria As Borrowing Spree Continues
As President Bola Tinubu proposes N26.01 trillion budget for 2024 fiscal year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns about Nigeria’s increasing debt burden. In its recent report on ‘Africa: Special Issue: In Pursuit of Stronger Growth and Resilience,’ IMF raised some concerns fearing that Nigeria’s government debt will surge by 4.3 percent of its GDP in 2024, from...
FG Proposes N26trn Budget For 2024 Fiscal Year
The Federal Government, yesterday, projected N26 trillion for the 2024 budget which it has targeted to submit to the National Assembly before December 31, 2023. Minister of Planning and Budget, Atiku Bagudu, made the disclosure at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Bola Tinubu, while briefing State House Correspondents alongside his colleagues from Ministry...
FG Takes Over Revenue Management Of NNPC, Customs, FIRS, NCC, Others
The Federal Government on Tuesday moved to boost its resources by directly taking over control of revenue management of its 10 most lucrative Enterprises. The 10 government-owned enterprises (GOE) named in the first phase of the initiative are Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)...
Kaduna Govt Seeks Investment From Saudi Arabia
The Kaduna State Government has canvassed for investment and support from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe stated this at an event to celebrate the 93rd National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at The Afficent event centre, in Kano on Saturday. In her remarks, the deputy governor thanked the Kingdom of Saudi for the...
FG May Review Workers’ Salaries, Merge Agencies To Cut Cost ― Finance Minister
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, stated that it had directed the salaries committee to review payroll and also review the number of its agencies. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this in Abuja at the ongoing National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria, organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other...
