CG plans meeting with Customs from neighbouring countries to boost trade facilitation
Rising from the just concluded African Customs Summit hosted by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali has given indication that he will convene a strategy meeting with all six…
MFBs, others begin BVN as CBN sets August 1 as deadline
Following the recent revelation by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun that majority of looters and government officials who live on ghost workers salaries have moved their illicit game to Micro Finance banks (MFBs) where Bank verification Number (BVN)…
Poor non-oil revenue’ll continue unless infrastructure, access to capital are in place—Expert
Development experts have started reacting to the recent comments by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, during a Finance Ministers’ meeting convened by the G24 Group at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Spring meetings in Washington DC. The minister had…
Again, Adeosun begs international community to halt illicit capital flows from Nigeria
In what looks like a more passionate appeal to the international community, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has urged developed countries to stop providing safe havens for corrupt individuals and their illegal funds. Speaking at the ongoing International…
Dangote’s article on ‘starting small’ business to premiere on YouWiN Connect Magazine
As part his drive for startups, leading African entrepreneur and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has taken time to do a step-by-step analysis on how to begin and run a small business. The tailor made article is planned for…
DBN unveils credit strategy, seeks financial input from European Investment Bank (EIB)
Managing Director of Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Tony Okpanachi, has opened up on the loan delivery strategy the bank will use to grow Small and medium Enterprises (SMEs) within the first two years. This is the new bank which…
Time to stop Hameed Ali from functioning without constituted Customs Board–Amiwero
Serving as a substantive Comptroller General of Customs for more than one year without a constituted Board for the direction of affairs at the money spinning federal agency, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), has captured the anger of several stakeholders in…
Poor practice of federalism, oil boom era created room for the rich to evade taxes—Experts
Contrary to the recent pronouncement by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun that there may be no hiding place for Nigerian billionaires, trillionaires , entrepreneurs evading payment of tax in the country, experts have picked holes, saying evasion of…
FG on trail of ghost workers to MFBs, asks CBN to extend BVN to the sector
Having smoked out over 50,000 ghost workers following the introduction of Bank Verification Number (BVN) in the commercial banking sector, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has written the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to extend BVN policy to…
Adeosun hints on how DBN’ll deepen activities of SMEs in economic diversification
Indications have emerged that the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) will serve as strategic catalyst in the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria going by the structure and template the bank is coming with. The Finance Ministry…
