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Ahmed: Despite N32.9tn Debt, Nigeria Won’t Stop Borrowing

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed
Says loans needed to fund infrastructural development FG plans extra budget for COVID-19 palliatives Notwithstanding Nigeria owing $86.39 billion (N32.9 trillion) to external creditors, the nation will continue to borrowRead More

FG To Convert N10tn CBN Financing To 30-year Debt

Director-General, the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha
The Federal Government has set the terms for the conversion of its stock of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) overdrafts into long-term notes in a bid to create transparency aroundRead More

No Provision Yet For COVID-19 Vaccines In 2021 Budget, Says Finance Minister

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed
Finance Act exempts N30,000 minimum wage earners from income tax New law extends Procurement Act to N’Assembly, judiciary Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has saidRead More

Analysts Back FG’s Forecast Of Quick Exit From Recession

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed
World Bank predicts drop in nation’s per capita income to 40-year-low Analysts yesterday described the Federal Government’s projection that the economy, which slipped into a recession in the third quarterRead More

WTO: Okonjo-Iweala Scales 1st Hurdle As 3 Candidates Drop Out

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The dream of Nigeria’s Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becoming the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) got a boost yesterday, when the body’s General Council listed her amongRead More