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…