Tag: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Okonjo-Iweala proffers solution to ending corruption
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday urged structural institutions in federal, state and local governments to help…
Boko Haram: Britain Must Give More Help To Nigeria
By Gordon Brown It’s not only the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls that need our help, but every girl that the terrorists…
UN Envoy Vows To Rebuild Chibok Schools
UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by…
Hike In Tariffs On Imported Vehicles
The increase in the tariffs on imported vehicles has been generating a hot debate among stakeholders. While it has been…
Defence sector gets N130bn in 4 months
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday said the Federal Government disbursed N130.7 billion to the defence sector…
Nigerians want Confab recommendations subjected to referendum – NOI Poll
An opinion poll conducted by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Polls popularly known as NOIPolls, has revealed that 79 per cent of respondents…
Fayemi Slams Okonjo-Iweala Over Voodoo Opinion Poll
Eromosele Ebhomele The John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation, the campaign group of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, western…
GDP rebasing was not done for optimism or pessimism – Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance on Friday said the of rebasing Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was neither for…
Nigerian Rebasing And The Making Of A Phantom Economy
By Peter Claver Oparah And so storm tossed and weather beaten Nigerians woke up on Saturday, 5 April to hear…
10 Africans Win Innovation Prize
Eromosele Ebhomele The African Innovation Foundation, AIF, has announced 10 finalists of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014.…
Time To Seek Alternative Power Sources
Despite the ongoing reforms in the electricity sector, power supply is yet to improve. The distribution companies (Discos) in particular…
1.8m people enter job market annually- Okonjo-Iweala
Minister for Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has confirmed that not less than 1.8 million graduates in the country move into…
Nigeria expands Sovereign Wealth Fund with $550mn
Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Monday that it has added $550m to the country’s sovereign wealth funds managed by the…
Saraki blames National Assembly for improper budget scrutiny
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE A Nigerian senator representing one of the districts of Kwara state has attributed the impunity with which the…
Okonjo-Iweala: Africa needs to tackle corruption, not trivialise it
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, was guest speaker at a TEDxEuston forum last December, where she discussed the…