Reactions As Tinubu Urges FG To Revisit Power Sector Privatisation Stakeholders in the nation’s power sector have expressed divergent views on the call by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for the Federal Government to revisit the privatisation of the sector. The...

FG Plans To Borrow N1.6tn In 2019, DMO Says The Director-General, Debt Management Office, Ms Patience Oniha, has said the Federal Government plans to borrow N1.6tn to fund the 2019 budget. Oniha said the government had been reducing its level of new borrowings, as it dropped...

FG Reopens N100bn Bond Offer This Week   The Federal Government is scheduled to reopen the APR-2023, MAR-2025 and FEB-2028 bonds for subscription by offering investors N40bn each from the APR-2023 and MAR-2025 bonds and N20bn from the FEB-2028 bond. The FGN bond auction is scheduled to...

Why FG May Not Meet N1trillion Insurance Premium Target There are indications that the insurance industry may not meet the N1trillion premium income target set for year 2020, following the refusal by many states to implement Group Life Insurance for their workers. This would force the...

FG Conclude Plans To Diversify Stock Market Instruments The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said the Federal Government is seeking to diversify instruments of the stock market through the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Ahmed, while speaking at the maiden Awards Night of the...

Sustainable Development Goals Require $55bn Annually - FG   The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that the amount required annually to fund the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is $55bn. It disclosed this in Abuja through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable...