Outrage trails FG’s award of N29.2bn roads to Niger Republic borders
Barely 24 hours after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided by President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday announced the award of two roads contracts linking Nigeria’s borders with the Republic of Niger, totalling N29.2bn, many Nigerians have started asking questions if all…
NSE now technologically, commercially-driven multi-asset Exchange hub—Onyema
…As Minister lists targets of new Finance Act The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr Oscar Onyema, Monday in Lagos described the observable results of reforms he has been driving at the Exchange as having repositioned “the…
Minister of Finance to address Stock Exchange players, investors in Lagos today
All is set for the Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed to storm the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Broad Street today, Monday February 24, 2020. Though the high point of the official visit…
Failure of ERGP may haunt planned new economic development plan—Expert
Development indicators over the last four years of the just ended Federal Government economic development blueprint, the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) launched in 2017 are showing strong signals that it may have failed to deliver good results after…
Minister lectures on data value to economy, security management at Minna Varsity
The Honourable Minister for Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has given insights on the importance of biometric data harmonization on economic planning and national security management. Speaking as the guest lecturer at the 29th Convocation Lecture…
Between CBN’s caution on rising debt and planned $30bn new loan
Before the latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, January 24, 2020, every executive official of the Federal Government including Ministers, had been claiming that Nigeria’s debt profile is still within manageable…
NCC’s key target in 2020 is to deepen cyber optic cables across 774 LGAs— Durojaiye
Chairman, Board of Commissioners at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, has revealed development plan of action of the Commission for next year, saying “NCC in the coming year is to drive the cyber optic cables all over…
Policy abandonment as Minister mulls new broad dev plan, silent on ERGP
What appears to suggest possible abandonment of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) introduced by the current administration during its first term (2015-2019) as development plan may have been dumped has emerged. This is deduced from the maiden address…
Experts smoke out reasons for no invitation for Buhari in G7 meeting
…Sees Japan conference as diversionary Leading development economists and foreign policy specialists have started advancing facts that may have been considered by Group of Seven (G7) Heads of Government Summit in France in not extending invitation to the president of…
Time to key in blue economy to Buhari’s ERGP—Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in Lagos Thursday averred that this is the right time to factor in Nigeria’s rich maritime resources as a vital economic safeguard and vehicle for the successful implementation of the…
