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The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has signed the 2017 appropriation bill into law. Prof Osinbajo signed the budget at about 4:40 p.m. on Monday inside...

Healing President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, to sign the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. The Senior Special Assistant to...

Efforts by the Federal Government to boost electric power generation in the country may soon yield the required dividend following the sustained increase in...

Citizens Action to Take Back Nigeria(CATBAN) a non-governmental organization(NGO) has petitioned the Directorate of State Services(DSS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and the...

The Federal Government has told the United Nations that the country has been financing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) despite the...

The Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed that the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) failed to account for $15.9 billion oil proceeds...

The Federal Ministry of Finance has confirmed release of N375.8M to the first batch of 20 providers of information under the Whistleblower Policy. The...

The unemployment report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tuesday has shown that no fewer than 5.5 million Nigerians became unemployed in...

Nigeria’s consumer prices increased 17.24 per cent year-on-year in April, easing slightly from a 17.26 per cent in March, even as food and other...

The Federal Government has been advised to increase its funding of the education sector if Nigeria is to become globally competitive. A former Nigerian Ambassador...

‎Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has once again reassured Nigerians that the country will be self sufficient in rice production by 2019. The acting president gave...

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, with a view to making...

The recently approved 2017 national budget finally gets the nod of the Presidency by way of asset, then the ministry of communications and its...

The Senate has asked the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to halt further action on the planned...

Acting President Osinbajo’s 30 Key Points on Democracy Day The Economic Confidential presents below the 30 Key Points from the Speech of Acting President Prof....

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has  admitted that the economy had proven to be the biggest challenge facing the present administration but the...

FG approves closure of 5 Expensive Foreign Missions The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the closure of five foreign missions and embassies, Minister of...

Senate Passes PIB into law, Approves Creation of two Firms The Senate has broken over 15 years jinx by passing into law the most awaited...

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has requested approval of the House of Representatives for fresh $1.28bn and €9m loans under the 2016-2018 External...

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) yesterday shared N415.730 billion among the three tiers of government- federal, states and local government areas (LGAs) for...