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By Obas Esiedesa THE Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has urged Capital Market participants and operators to consider retail investments to give opportunity to the Nigerian citizens to invest within the capital market in an easy and simple way. Mrs. Ahmed spoke on Thursday the Securities and Exchange Commission’s yearly
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The federal government (FG) has said it will borrow more money to fund critical infrastructure, saying Nigeria would not make any meaningful headway in its quest for development if it doesn’t borrow more. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this, Thursday,at a maiden special media
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The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, and the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, over the funding status of three Federal Government legacy projects.
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By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Ameachi, his communication and finance counterparts, Dr Ali Isa Pantani and Mrs Zainab Ahmed to provide answers on $500million loan to be sourced from the Export-Import Bank of China for railway lines in the country. The House Committee on
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On Wednesday, top officials of the monetary and fiscal authorities, as well as the Organised Private Sector (OPS), met at the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Abuja to deliberate on how best to reduce the impact of coronavirus, which has become a global emergency, on the Nigerian economy
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The FCT Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Control, on Sunday, demolished illegal fence erected by a bank and owners of commercial buildings at Dutse-Alhaji, following the expiration of a 72-hour ultimatum. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bulldozers pulled down parts of the perimeter fence of the bank and some commercial buildings located
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By Emeka Anaeto and Babajide Komolafe In response to the growing demand for transparency in government borrowings, the Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said the federal government will soon disclose details of loans obtained from China to fund infrastructural projects. Speaking at a panel session which focused on ‘Decoding Debt; Getting Transparency Right’, at
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ABUJA—VICE President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National planning, Zainab Ahmed among others over the $9.6 billion judgement against Nigeria at the State House, Abuja.
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No fewer than 200 workers of Kwara State-owned hotel, Kwara Hotels, Ilorin said to have been sacked illegally, have appealed to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, to come to their aid over outstanding salaries, cooperatives deductions among others to lessen their sufferings and that of their families.
Read More The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara has accused Senate President Bukola Saraki and Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of crippling the local government system in the state as well as impoverishing the people.
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