Minister of Finance

Indications emerged, on Wednesday, that  nation’s land borders that have been closed since August 2019 might soon be reopened. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, gave this indication during an interview with…

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has applauded the Nigerian youths who are staging the EndSARS protests across the country. The youths are demanding an end to police brutality and bad governance. Their demonstrations…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a budget estimate of N13.08 trillion for the 2021 fiscal year. The fiscal document was approved at a meeting of the council on Wednesday presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari.…

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, initiated moves to arrest the on-going strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the planned strike by health workers. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige;…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that $150 million be withdrawn from the National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed this while speaking with…

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday, met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund. …

A former Minister of Finance, Esther Nenadi Usman’s husband, Dr. Sa’ad Usman is dead. The late Dr. Sa’ad Usman was until his death the Emir of Jere in Kaduna State. A younger brother of the late Emir, Alhaji Aminu Jere, announced his…

Anthony Iwuoma The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Monday announced Federal Government’s decision to halt its plans to borrow $22.7 billion. Speaking in Abuja at the 2020 International Conference…

The Federal Government Friday disclosed that it has released the sum of N285 billion for some selected critical infrastructural projects under the 2020 budget. It also said it has released the sum of $220 million (about N67.1 billion) as…

IPPIS: 96,090 out of about 137,016 lecturers already enrolled - FG The Federal Government has disclosed that over 96,090 (70 percent) out of about 137,016 (less than 30 percent) university lecturers have already enrolled in the…