The presentation of the 2017 budget to the National Assembly is already suffering delay as the executive arm is still grappling to put together the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) about one and half months to the end of the year. The approval of MTEF...

• Considers $25b infrastructure fund • Debt profile hits N16.3 trillion • Amnesty fund rises from N20b to N65b For 2017, the Federal Government has proposed a budget of N6,866,335,052,740. The Presidency which formally informed the National Assembly of the proposal yesterday also disclosed that it would set...

The federal government says that Nigeria, though rich in mineral resources, is not yet a mining nation. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dr Kayode Fayemi, made the remarks, at the 5th edition of the International Mining Investment Conference and Exhibition on Nigeria (IMICON) in...