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Ex-Minister Sadiya Farouk Reacts to Alleged N37bn Fraud

Ex-Minister Sadiya Farouk Reacts to Alleged N37bn Fraud   Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, on Tuesday denied involvement in an alleged fraud of N37bn. Sadiya who was appointed as the pioneer minister of the Humanitarian Ministry by ex-president Muhammadu Buhari...

Implementation of 2023 Supplementary Budget Extented till March 31st, 2024 – Senate

Implementation of 2023 Supplementary Budget Extented till March 31st, 2024 - Senate The Senate has approved the extension of implementation of the supplementary appropriation bill from 31st December 2023 to March 31st 2024. The move comes after the Leader of the Senate, Senator. Opeyemi Bamidele presented...

$60bn Cash Call: Reps Probe NNPCL Over Losses

$60bn Cash Call: Reps Probe NNPCL Over Losses The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over an alleged loss of an estimated $60bn to inflated Cash Calls. To this end, the House mandated its Committee on Finance...

‘Nigeria’s Debt Now N87.91trn’

'Nigeria’s Debt Now N87.91trn'   Nigeria’s total public debt rose marginally by 0.61 per cent quarter-on-quarter to N87.91trn in the third quarter of 2023. This is according to new debt stock data from the Debt Management Office (DMO) released on Wednesday. According to the data released, total external...

2022 ASVI: Again, Lagos, Ogun Remain Most Viable States… Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Katsina are Insolvent Due to Poor IGR

Again, Lagos Generates More IGR than 30 States Combined …. RICH/Economic Viable States: Lagos, Ogun, River, Kaduna, Kwara, Oyo and Edo States … INSOLVENT/Poor IGR States: Bayelsa, Kebbi., Katsina, Akwa-Ibom, Taraba and Yobe States

‘Contributory Pension Assets Rise to N17.66trn’

'Contributory Pension Assets Rise to N17.66trn'   The total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme rose to N17.66tn as of the end of October 2023. Figures obtained from the National Pension Commission (PenCom) on ‘Unaudited report on pension funds industry portfolio for the period ended October 31,...