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- 9 Sept 2024
VAT Not Raised To 10 Percent Says Edun, Finance Minister
Wale Edun, minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy has debunked reports making the rounds that the rate for Value-Added Tax (VAT) has been increased from 7.5% to 10%. Wale Edun…
- 12 Apr 2026
Finance Minister Did not Admit Errors in New Tax Laws – PFPTRC
Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC) has dismissed reports claiming that Taiwo Oyedele, minister of State for Finance, admitted errors in Nigeria’s new tax laws. Taiwo…
- 6 Jan 2022
No Plans to Sack Government Workers- Finance Minister
Zainab Ahmed, minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning has said that there are no plans to sack government workers. The minister made this statement on Thursday during an interview on NTA’s…
- 23 Jun 2016
Finance Minister Holds Meeting with Staff Union over N1.2b Demand
Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, finance minister, yesterday met with staff unions at the Ministry of Finance to discuss the ongoing dispute over additional payments for Ministry of Finance civil servants.…
- 11 Nov 2015
Buhari Swears-in Ministers, Gives Them Portfolios
President Muhammadu Buhari at the swearing of 36 new ministers in Abuja today also assigned them portfolios. The President, who assigned to himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources, also pruned…
- 4 Jun 2024
Tinubu Asks Edun, Finance Minister to Present New Minimum Wage Template in 48 Hours
President Bola Tinubu has directed Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to present a new minimum wage template in 48 hours following the agreement reached with organized labour. Mohammed Idris, Minister…
- 13 Mar 2014
Finance Minister Confirmed to Speak at the Nigeria Summit 2014
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, coordinating minister for the Economy and Finance, has just confirmed to speak at the Nigeria Summit 2014 according to Economist Events, organizers of the …
- 25 Feb 2020
Minister of Finance Engages Market Stakeholders During “A Day At The NSE"
Dr. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, the Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, was hosted by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recently. The event themed, “A Day at the NSE” marked the…
- 13 Jul 2015
Oshiomhole, Okonjo-Iweala in War of Words over $1Bn for Jonathan’s Re-Election
Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State Governor, has accused Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, of tampering with $1 billion from the Federation…
- 6 Jan 2014
Ministers, Bank Chiefs Jostle for Sanusi’s Job @ CBN
Mr. Olusegun Aganga, minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and Dr. Yerima Ngama, minister of State for Finance have reportedly joined the high-wired corporate cum political chess game to succeed…
- 5 Jul 2026
FG Denies N8 Trillion ‘Shadow Budget’, Says IMF Quoted out of Context
Taiwo Oyedele, minister of Finance and Coordinating minister of the Economy, has said there are no secret expenditures or shadow budgets as insinuated. Taiwo Oyedele, minister of Finance and…
- 11 Jan 2026
Ministry of Finance Leads FG-Backed Deal to Deliver Quality Homes and Boost Agriculture in Niger State
The Federal Ministry of Finance has anchored the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Niger State Government and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) for the…
- 2 Sept 2015
Babalola Asks EFCC to Give Informants 10% of Recovered Assets
Remi Babalola, former minister of State for Finance, has said that every principal officer in the executive arm of government should be made to declare their assets publicly to curb corruption. He…
- 25 Mar 2025
FG to Harmonise Fiscal Data Across MDAs
Efforts to harmonise fiscal data across government institutions have commenced in earnest, with Mr Wale Edun, minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, spearheading the meeting to…
- 22 Jun 2009
Minister Urges Adherence to e-Payment Policy
Remi Babalola, minister of state for finance, at the just concluded Card Expo Africa 2009 conference and exhibitions in Lagos, enjoined banks and ministries, departments and agencies of government to…
- 6 Feb 2023
LIRS, FIRS Ink MoU on Exchange of Information, Joint Tax Audit
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday, February 6, 2023, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the exchange of information and…
- 7 Jul 2015
Okonjo-Iweala Alleges Malicious Attacks, Persecution
Dr. Ngozi-Iweala, Nigeria’s former minister of Finance, has questioned the reason for an excessive attempt to batter her name and damage her reputation, saying it is malicious. In reaction to…
- 23 Aug 2013
FG Puts Loss to Oil Theft in July at N365Bn
Dr. Yerima Ngama, minister of State for Finance, has said that the federal government has lost a total of N365 billion to oil theft in the month of July. Ngama stated this at the end of the…
- 1 Mar 2017
DBN will Catalyse SMEs’ Growth, Adeosun
Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance, has stated that the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is being positioned to galvanise the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) sector for the overall…
- 23 Jun 2008
Card Expo-Africa Key to African Renaissance in e-Payment-FG
Remi Babalola, minister of state for finance, has said that the Card Expo Africa 2008 has been specially tailored to focus on how Africa moves towards developing the African renaissance by…
- 24 Jan 2025
FG Says 50 Percent Telecom Tariff Hike is Only a Start
Wale Edun, minister of Finance, has stated that the recently approved 50 percent tariff increase in the cost of telecommunications services is only a starting point. He noted that it is necessary to…
- 22 Jan 2016
Reps Probe $470m ZTE CCTV Contract, Summon NSA, Others
House of Representatives panel‎ has summoned, Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), the national security adviser (NSA); Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance; Akinwumi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State;…
- 25 Jun 2026
FG Proposes Africa-Wide Payment Card without Conversion through US Dollar
Taiwo Oyedele, minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, has said that Africa’s payment ecosystem should move beyond traditional systems that rely on third-party currencies for…
- 6 Oct 2025
Fidelity Bank Hosts Black-Tie Gala Honouring Afreximbank President Prof. Benedict Oramah
In recognition of his unwavering commitment to Africa’s development, Fidelity Bank Plc recently hosted a grand black-tie dinner to celebrate the retirement of Professor Benedict Okechukwu Oramah,…
- 24 Oct 2025
FG Welcomes Nigeria’s Delisting from FATF Grey List
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed Nigeria’s delisting from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The FATF, which announced the delisting at its plenary in Paris, France, on Friday, is…
- 23 Oct 2014
DMO Stops Banks from Lending to State Govts
Debt Management Office (DMO) has stopped the commercial banks from lending to the state governments as well as local governments across the country. Timothy Odaah, chairman of Commissioners of…
- 11 Jul 2016
Insurance Sector Denying Economy 1.5 % GDP Growth Yearly - Minister
Mrs Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance, has lamented that the under-performance of the insurance sector was denying the country an annual 1.5 per cent increment in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).…
- 9 Aug 2014
FG Declares National Emergency over Ebola
Nigeria’s war on Ebola moved a notch higher yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan proclaimed a national emergency to control and contain the spread of the …
- 23 Sept 2024
FEC Approves Bill to Amendment Company Income Tax
Federal executive committee (FEC) has approved the economic stabilisation bill seeking amendment of tax policies, according to Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy.…
- 26 Jan 2014
Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi Views on the Economy
The divergent views on the state of Nigeria’s economy by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, coordinating minister for the Economy and minister of Finance; and Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor, Central…