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Some economic analysts on Friday expressed concern about the Federal Government’s increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) from five per cent to 7.2 per cent, saying government should preferably widen the tax net. The analysts condemned the…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N10.07trillion 2020 Budget proposal for onward transmission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya…

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says Nigeria does not have a debt problem, rather a revenue problem. As of December 2018, Nigeria’s debt profile was N24.387tn. It rose by 12. 25 percent from N21.752tn in 2017. And the country’s…

The slogan that ‘Police is your Friend’ is not just a word, unlike what the former minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, would say of recession, which, again, is staring us right in the face. The saying that the ‘Police is your Friend’ is…

The National Industrial Court, Abuja on Thursday ordered the  immediate reinstatement of  Mounir Gwarzo, the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), back to his position. Justice Sanusi Kado, in his…

Stories by Babajide Okeowo The acting Director-General, of the Commission, Mary Uduk made known when the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed inaugurated the steering committee for the initiative.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…

Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government has recovered N605 billion through the implementation of the whistleblower policy. The minister made this known during a briefing on the ministry’s activities, on…

The Federal Government says it is yet to devise a workable formula for the removal of fuel subsidy. Speaking at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, on Wednesday, Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said removal of…

The Federal Government has again clarified its stance on the removal of fuel subsidy, saying it had no plan to do so in the immediate future. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said this on Sunday at the briefing by the Nigerian…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Government will look into gradual removal of fuel subsidy as part of strategy to boost revenue. Ahmed said this on Thursday on the sideline of the IMF/World Bank meetings…