Tanzania: Experts Caution Too Much Austerity May Hurt Growth
Too much austerity measures may derail the effort to collect more taxes and could result in long-term damage to growth, financial experts have cautioned. Financial...
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Nigeria To Benefit £16.7m UK SolarNigeria Grants
The UK Department for International Development has approved an additional £16.7 million grant for SolarNigeria programme aimed at scaling the market for solar home lighting...
FG To Cut 2016 Budget, Increase Debt Ratio
Federal government has opted to reduce total budgetary spending on 2016 capital expenditure plan ahead of indication that the budget would not be implemented fully....
Boko Haram: World Bank Approves 575m Scale up Support for North East
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved $575 million additional financing in International Development Association credit to scale up its support to Nigeria’s...
FG commences recruitment of 500,000 unemployed graduates
FG commences recruitment of 500,000 unemployed graduates In what is the first of the roll-out of its N500 billion social investment programmes, the Buhari presidency...
Loots: Breakdown of Recovery of N78bn, $185mn, £3.5mn, €11,000
Loots: Breakdown of Recovery of N78bn, $185mn, £3.5mn, €11,000 The Federal Government made cash recoveries totaling N78,325,354,631.82 (Seventy-eight billion, three hundred and twenty-five million, three...
Northern Nigeria Development Company to establish Bank, commends Governor Ganduje
Northern Nigeria Development Company to establish Bank, commends Governor Ganduje The chairman, who disclosed this during a visit to the governor of Kano state, Dr....
BUDGIT ASK NASS, CBN FOR BREAKDOWN OF N115B BUDGET, N689.5B BAILOUT
BUDGIT ASK NASS, CBN FOR BREAKDOWN OF N115B BUDGET, N689.5B BAILOUT After several weeks of waiting for Senate President Bukola Saraki to fulfill his promise...
Nigeria’s Barkindo may become OPEC secretary-general
Nigeria’s Barkindo may become OPEC secretary-general The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to choose a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National...
CBN Begins Stakeholder Consultations on Flexible Exchange Rate
CBN Begins Stakeholder Consultations on Flexible Exchange Rate Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wednesday held a meeting with treasurers of banks, one of a series...