Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, have expressed confidence that the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would deliver on her appointment as a member of South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Jonathan made his own remarks in a post on his verified Facebook page sunday. He said, “I […]

As Coronavirus (COVID-19) maintains its spread to more countries, forcing lower demand for crude oil and attendant push for production cuts to stabilise prices by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the black gold’s price plunged 30 per cent in early trading last night following the failure of OPEC to strike a deal with […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government will soon stop the salaries of its workers not captured on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. She said this in Kano State at the 2020 management retreat organised by the Office of the Accountant General of the […]

A total of 23 Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government got about N372.04bn in the third quarter of 2019 for implementation of the capital components of the 2019 budget. The amount which was released to these MDAs is contained in the third quarter Budget Implementation Report which was released on Thursday by the Budget Office […]

The Federal Government’s fight against malaria received a boost at the weekend when it received  5,000 doses of anti-malaria regiment – Maldox – from Emzor Pharmaceutical Company. The donation is to support the TIOTOP project in Ondo State to bridge the gap of doses of SP stock-out at health facilities. Ondo is among the three […]

The federal government and the power distribution companies (Discos) are to initiate a fresh performance improvement agreement that is expected to lead to improvement in power supply. The agreement expected to be signed before June this year, would outline the expectations from both the government and the power sector investors, so as to know who […]

Many workers handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project are stuck in China because of the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. He said the development might delay the completion of the project. Amaechi said the Chinese government prevented some of the workers from returning to Nigeria because of the virus. The minister […]

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has sought for new date to honour the invitation by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission. The agency thursday insisted that the monarch must appear before it over fresh allegation on land racketeering. But the emirate requested for another day for the emir to honour the […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),  has approved the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. According to The Cable, Jamoh replaces Dakuku Peterside who was appointed in 2016 to head the maritime agency. A source at the Ministry of Transportation, Abuja also confirmed the development in […]

The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission will jointly audit the revenue generating agencies including the Federal Inland Revenue Service. The move is aimed at identifying areas of revenue leakages with a view to blocking them to enhance revenue generation into the federation […]