There are new insights on why the $180million Halliburton bribery probe is lingering without the trial of some highly-placed Nigerians. The Nation learnt that former President Goodluck Jonathan, who planned to table the report before the Council of State, could not do so because three...

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) plans to raise $15 billion from the International Capital Market to fund its Train 7 project, its Managing Director Tony Attah, has said. The Train 7 investment is capable of generating 18,000 jobs, he added. Attah told the Senate to...

The way out the current economic challenges in Nigeria has continued to generate debate among Nigerians both at home and in Diaspora. As a matter of fact, recently the Senate President Bukola Saraki made a suggestion that President Mohammadu Buhari led administration should put...

• 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...

...Says naira under attack, N500/$ not true reflection of currency’s value ...IOCs to exercise preemptive rights in the event of assets sale Following the outcry that has trailed the advocacy for the sale of the country’s national assets as a quick measure to fund the 2016...

As if the current unclear economic policy context was not disconcerting enough, the sudden emergence of a raging debate on the sale of public assets has escalated one’s fears that easier things seem to appear more attractive to the government. Yet, in public policy,...