Govs Fret As CBN Insists Budget Support Repayment Starts May       State governors again on Thursday requested that the repayment of their loans, especially the budget support, which ought to start this month be deferred. But the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, emphasised...

FG, Shell In Talks Over Sale Of Nigerian Oil Assets       The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government is in talks with Shell over the planned sale of the company’s stakes in Nigeria’s onshore oil assets. The Nigerian oil...

States’ Cash Cruch: CBN Kicks As Govs Beg FG To Postpone $2.1bn Support Repayment         State governors on Thursday at the monthly meeting of the National Economic Council appealed to the Federal Government to postpone the repayment of the $2.1bn budget support facility to states which...

FG Okays N14.55bn Operational Vehicles, Boats For Customs   The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the purchase of 427 operational vehicles worth N14.55bn for the Nigerian Customs Service. This was one of the decisions reached at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by...

N140bn Solar Project Not Free - Osinbajo       Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has told beneficiaries of the N140 billion home solar project is not free. The solar systems are part of the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) that the President Muhammdu Buhari administration’s response to the economic...

FG Targets N7bn Annual Tax Revenue From Solar     The federal government has highlighted some of the secondary benefits of the N140 billion solar power programme that is aimed at providing electricity to 25 million Nigerians through off-grid connections to five million homes. The Minister of Power,...