Questions over N370bn in Service Wide Votes Agric, Transport, Power ministries top list All ministries, agencies mentioned THE National Assembly Budget Office has discovered fresh padding of over N500 billion contained in the budgetary proposals for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the 2016 budget proposals being...

The Muhammadu Buhari administration, through the Bank of Industry, on Thursday formally launched a N10 billion Youths Entrepreneurship Support (YES) project to empower youth with loans to start businesses. Speaking at the launch of the project in Abuja, the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ​appoint​ed Dikko Radda as director-general of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN. A statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawan, said the appointment is for a period of five years. Mr....

On Saturday morning, I appeared on a Radio show here in Abuja at which I spoke extensively on the issues affecting our country, especially the economy. To my surprise, my views were twisted and I was reported to have said that the economy of our...

President Muhammadu Buhari has demoted top civil servants who tampered with figures in the 2016 budget. Vanguard reports that at least 184 top officials were transferred to lesser establishments over the budget padding saga. It was gathered that 22 top officers from the Budget Office of...

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, ordered re-negotiation of the N789 billion fine slammed on South African telecoms company, MTN, by Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC. The President gave the order at a joint news conference with South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma in Abuja, following which Nigeria...