Tag: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
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Nigeria in deep financial trouble, Brent oil falls under $50
*Oil may even slide to $40 in coming weeks, say analysts Nigeria may be in for a terrible financial quagmire…
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Nigerians now pay more than Americans for petrol, diesel
Bayo Onanuga Nigerians are now paying more money than Americans in real terms for petrol and diesel, bye-products of the…
Where is audit report on missing $20b? APC queries Okonjo-Iweala
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP-led Federal Government of trying to suppress the audit report on the…
Okonjo-Iweala, Nnaji, Ughelli Power wins big at WAPIC 2014
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and coordinating Minister for the Economy, Bart Okechukwu Nnaji, former Nigerian Minister of Power…
2015: Govt spendings to drop by N.2trillion, says Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says the Federal Government has proposed a review of the oil benchmark from…
Okonjo-Iweala sets up committee to address military pension
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has set up a working group to harmonise positions on the payment of…
Okonjo-Iweala: FG pumps $14.1bn to support real sector
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says the Federal Government has moblised 14.1 billion dollars to support the real…
We’re running Nigeria’s economy effectively – Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday assured the international community that the Federal Government had put necessary…
Okonjo-Iweala lures investors to Nigeria
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance, has urged foreign investors to continue to invest in Nigeria through the Nigeria…
Nigeria’s Economy Needs Professional Entrepreneurs
By Nduka Uzuakpundu Some measured optimism is being expressed concerning the emergence and ranking of the Nigerian economy as a…
Del-York Academy Trains New Nollywood Stars
Funsho Arogundade The Del-York Creative Academy is set to produce new talents with fresh ideas and innovative concepts in the…
Okonjo-Iweala’s Indictment Of Governors
Last week, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stunningly indicted the state and…
Jonathan Signs 2014 Budget
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan this morning signed the 2014 Appropriation Act into law. Following this, the president directed Dr.…
Let The Budget Be Signed This Month
By John Tosin Ajiboye On December last year when the 2014 Appropriation bill was sent from Executive to the National…
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Jonathan shuts Abuja for WEF
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Friday directed that all government offices and schools in Abuja should be closed down for the…
There’ll Be More Bomb Blasts
Founder, Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, Primate Ayodele speaks with Oluwole Adeboye, on the state of the…
GDP Figure: Beyond Belief
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Why Nigeria’s new GDP figure may not mean much for average Nigerians beyond being an indication of developments…
GDP Rebasing Must Translate To Better Living Standard
It is not a surprise that the rating of Nigeria’s economy as the biggest in Africa has attracted the curiosity…
Africa’s Biggest Economy Tag: Nigerians Blast Okonjo-Iweala
Angry reactions have continued to trail the announcement that Nigeria’s economy is now bigger than that of South Africa following…
Nigeria overtakes South Africa as the continent’s largest economy
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent’s largest economy with a GDP of $453 billion in 2012, officials said…
Excess Crude account stands at $3.5bn, says Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s National Economic Council, NEC on Thursday asked the Federal Government to separate the Excess Crude Accounts from the Sure-P…
Nigeria pays oil marketers N41bn
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday paid N41billion to 27 oil marketers whose claims had been verified for fuel subsidy reimbursements.…
OKonjo-Iweala says NNPC audit will curb corruption
Nigeria must reform its oil sector to end decades of suspicion of widespread corruption and build up public trust, the…
Okonjo-Iweala wants expedited audit of NNPC accounts
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy has called for urgent…
2014 Budget: Matters Arising
In December last year, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, on behalf of…
Okonjo-Iweala lectures Reps panel on Nigeria’s economy
They asked for comprehensive answers to fifty ‘knotty’ questions on the Nigerian economy. But the members of Nigeria’s House of…
Again, NNPC Says ‘Missing’ $11bn Already Spent
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Friday said it is regrettable that despite the clarifications it made earlier and…
Okonjo-Iweala Suffers Twitter Backlash
Seun Bisuga Minister for Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, suffered a public attack on social network site, Twitter this afternoon after she…
Okonjo Iweala: 28 percent of budget for capital expenses
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday presented a budget estimate of N4.6 trillion to the National Assembly for the…
Okonjo-Iweala Presents 2014 Budget Estimates To National Assembly
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy laid the 2014 budget estimates separately…