Nigeria yesterday defeated Gambia and Senegal in a keenly contested election for West Africa’s slot of the United Nations Security Council. Nigeria defeated her major contestants, Gambia and Senegal, that had earlier agreed to stand down, with 186 votes to...

The federal government has unlocked N3 billion, through the National Enterprise Development Programme (NEDEP), for micro enterprises across all the states of the federation from January to September 2013. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, said...

• August earnings dip to N760b Federal Government’s total gross revenue for eight months ended August stood at N6.61 trillion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) monthly Economic Report released yesterday has shown. The figure which covers January to August reflects...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has ruled that the maximum amount that could be borrowed in 2014 is N1,249.52 trillion or US$7.834 billion (domestic and external) by the federal government. This decision was taken by the DMO because by the...

In the fight against the Boko Haram sect, much has been heard about the casualty figures in men and material without commensurate information on expenditure on the war effort and its consequences. The piecex-rays the spendingson insecurity with findings...

The failure of President Jonathan’s government to pay states  their money in the past months is paralysing the country We are, as a nation, in a peril. But it appears, from the grandstanding of the Federal Government henchmen, including the...