The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will do away with petroleum subsidies by June 2023.
Mrs Ahmed said this on Tuesday in Abuja, during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic Summit, NES.
The fuel subsidy gulped N2.565...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reassured Nigerians that there is no going back on the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, for voter accreditation as well as the transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal, IReV.
The INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, who gave the...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has said the last tranche of the $1.5bn million to grants to the 36 States of the federation under the World Bank assisted States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme will be released in December 2023.
She disclosed...
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Tourism is possibly the most profound unifier of all economic activity and because its vast components are local and home-grown, they are more likely to be sustainable, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Prof. Osinbajo stated this today...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will build on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in the last seven years.
Mr Tinubu stated this on Tuesday in Jos at the flag off of APC presidential campaign for 2023 general elections.
The APC...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the dollar might drop to ₦200 after the redesigning of naira.
Bawa stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) Hausa service, saying President Muhammadu Buhari did well to approve the redesigning.
He said, “The law...
promises administration will fix more internal, external roads
The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, commissioned the 2.35km Arepo-Journalists Estate Road, with a promise to continue espousing projects capable of making life more meaningful to people and residents of the state.
The governor, who described the road project as...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said N134.7 billion has been approved for the payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) to all veterans.
The President also announced the donation of N10 million to the Nigerian Legion, on behalf of the Federal Government, at the launch of the 2023 Armed...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday joined capacity crowd at the Jos township stadium in endorsing the Tinubu-Shettima ticket, the flag bearers of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the 2023 presidential contest, urging party members to march to deliver the candidates now that the party has decided.
But the President at...
A group of Peoples Democratic Party Governors who have christened themselves the G5 arrived in Enugu on Friday for a private meeting.
The Governors include Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state.
The Governors were received at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in...
