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Federal civil servants are threatening industrial action as public sector unions issue a firm deadline to the Finance Ministry over withheld allowances. The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council has demanded an urgent audience with Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele on or before August 11. Bureaucratic delays in Abuja continue to test worker patience. Unpaid wage…
The long running question of where Nigeria’s fuel subsidy savings have gone hardened into an open dispute on Thursday, as the Federal Government gave its most detailed account yet of how the money was spent and organised labour dismissed the explanation as unverifiable. Speaking at the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja,…
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso and World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will lead high-level discussions on structural reforms at the seventh Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja. Hosted at the apex bank’s headquarters this week, the summit brings together finance ministers, central bank governors, and development partners from across the continent. The…
The Federal Government has paid N333 billion to clear verified legacy debts owed to eight electricity generation companies. The cash disbursement covers 17 individual power plants across the country under the Presidential Power Sector Financial Reforms Programme. State administrators finalized the payout to relieve severe illiquidity across the domestic power value chain. The transaction completes…
Nigeria’s public debt has become the most contested number in the country’s fiscal conversation, and the Federal Government moved on Monday to reclaim the narrative, telling senators that the widely repeated figure of N80 trillion in fresh borrowing under President Bola Tinubu is exaggerated and rooted more in accounting than in new loans….
The N2.550 trillion that landed in the coffers of Nigeria’s three tiers of government for June carries a headline that is easy to read and a subplot that is far more consequential. The distributable sum, shared at the July meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja, marks the highest monthly payout…
Nigeria parted with almost a billion dollars to keep its foreign creditors satisfied within the opening two months of 2026, a fresh sign that the weight of external obligations is pressing harder on the country’s finances even as macroeconomic indicators show tentative signs of steadying. Figures drawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s February…
The Federal Government has moved to shut down a fast spreading narrative that it quietly spent trillions of naira outside the approved budget, insisting that reports crediting the claim to the International Monetary Fund misrepresent what the Fund actually said. The pushback came on Sunday in a statement from the Minister of Finance and…
Nigeria is still falling significantly short of its statutory tax revenue targets despite the implementation of extensive fiscal adjustments. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed the ongoing deficit during a courtesy visit in Abuja on Thursday. The minister hosted the leadership of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria…
The International Monetary Fund has cautioned the Federal Government over its proposed 5 billion dollar structured financing agreement with the First Abu Dhabi Bank. Christian Ebeke, the fund’s resident representative in Nigeria, warned on Tuesday that the complex derivatives-based transaction carries severe hidden fiscal risks. Speaking during a media briefing on the 2026 Article IV…
