Tag: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
Jonathan delegates Okonjo-Iweala to present Budget 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has delegated Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy to present…
Reps To Probe Oil Theft
The House of Representatives is set to probe the incessant theft of Nigeria’s crude oil which has resulted in a…
Amaechi accuses Okonjo-Iweala of blocking funds for water
Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has called on the House of Representatives…
Addressing Youth Unemployment In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare Besides insecurity and corruption in high places, unemployment remains one of the most critical problems the country…
Oduah car scandal: Okonjo-Iweala denies granting duty waiver
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in Abuja on Monday said no waiver was granted by her office for…
Waivers, duty exemptions dent Nigeria Customs revenue by N603b
Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), said on Monday in Abuja that the agency lost…
Towards Real Economic Growth
Statements painting the Nigerian economy in bright colours despite the obvious hardship that pervades the land have been coming from…
Okonjo-Iweala’s N10b libel suit adjourned
A High Court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Tuesday adjourned the N10 billion libel suit filed by Finance…
ASUU Strike: Okonjo Iweala denies being a clog to peace
Nigeria’s minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied being a clog in efforts to reach a compromise between the…
Okonjo-Iweala accuses Liechtenstein of not releasing Abacha’s loot
Nigeria accused Liechtenstein of using legal challenges as a pretext to cling on to 185 million euros ($250 million) stolen…
Soldiers kill prince of rival house to Okonjo Iweala’s dad
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A yet to be identified prince of Ogwashi-Uku and member of the Izedunor royal family has been shot…
Nigeria’s Wobbling Economy
At the Saint Regis Hotel in Washington, DC, United States, the lingering problems of Nigeria’s economy echoed when some of…
Nigeria’s Troubling Debt Profile
The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is currently wallowing in huge debts due to Nigeria’s reckless borrowing to fund its…
Okonjo-Iweala names Pension Funds managers
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Thursday that the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) would help to…
Okonjo-Iweala releases N50b for Assembly projects
. But warns of revenue shortfall Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, said…
Okonjo-Iweala: My briefing on Nigeria’s economy
Nigeria’s finance minister and co-ordinating minister of the economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has responded to media stories accusing her of…
Okonjo-Iweala: Nigeria owes external creditors $6.67b
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Finance Minister puts Nigeria’s external debt at $6.67 billion and domestic debt at over $42billion in…
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N3bn Nollywood Largesse Not Loans —Okonjo-Iweala
The N3 billion intervention fund which President Goodluck Jonathan promised the Nigerian film industry last month will not be shared…
Tackling Poverty
As the global community gradually draws the curtain on the Millennium Development Goals, stakeholders within the MDGs framework in Nigeria…
Another Budget Debacle
The 2013 Appropriation Bill remains unsigned and enmeshed in a familiar crisis of distortions Watching President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday…
Nigeria recovers stolen oil subsidy money
The Federal Government said today it has recovered N29 billion out of the N232 billion oil subsidy scam. The Minister…
Okonjo-Iweala launches book on Nigeria in Tokyo
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s powerful minister of finance has launched a book, “Reforming the Un-reformable: Lessons from Nigeria”, on…
Nigeria’s economy gasps for breath
Clement Oriloye On paper, the country’s economy is growing at the rate of over 7 per cent. But the living…
Okonjo-Iweala’s Budget
Analysts hail federal government’s early preparation of the 2013 budget framework, which is believed loaded with the imprint of the…
Nigeria plans N5 trillion budget 2013
Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a draft budget of N4.929 trillion for the 2013 fiscal year. This was announced by…
Nigeria’s wheat importers unpatriotic, says minister
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina on Wednesday branded flour millers in the country as unpatriotic accusing…
World Bank Job: Lawyers Commend Okonjo-Iweala
Some lawyers in Lagos have described Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s failure to win the World Bank presidency as a sign of…
Okonjo-Iweala Usurps Jonathan’s Powers —Tolu Igbehinadun
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance also doubles as Nigeria’s 1st Co-ordinating Minister in her 52nd year as an…
Okonjo Iweala, others Tipped for World Bank Presidency
Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is among the candidates being proposed to take over the presidency of the World Bank,…
Nigeria Targets Sufficiency In Rice Production With Chinese Assistance
With the assistance of China, Nigeria plans to establish 100 mills, achieve 2.1 million metric tonnes of rice production and…