Edun leads Nigeria’s push for fiscal reset at UN summit

Barbara Bako, Abuja. In a bid to drive economic growth and development, the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Mr Wale Edun has emphasized the need…

Tinubu’s infrastructure blitz: New PPP limits unveiled

Barbara Bako, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) thresholds that allow Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to independently approve smaller-scale projects without Federal Executive Council…

RMAFC hails Tinubu for signing landmark tax reform bills

Barbara Bako, Abuja The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for signing into law the recently passed tax reform bills and the…

AZAWON mourns Kano philanthropist, Aminu Dantata

AZAWON mourns Kano philanthropist, Aminu Dantata The Association of Zakat and Waqf Operators of Nigeria (AZAWON) has mourned the passing of Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, describing him as a philanthropist and peacemaker.…

Dangote canvases tough policies to boost jobs, industry

Dangote canvases tough policies to boost jobs, industry Barbara Bako, Abuja Africa’s foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote, has called for a continental shift in policy and mindset, warning that Africa will…

Waziri mourns death of tycoon Alhaji Aminu Dantata

Waziri mourns death of business tycoon Alhaji Aminu Dantata Ambassador Mustapha Shehu, the Wazirin Sarkin Fulani Danbatta, has described the passing of nonagenarian business tycoon Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata as…

Afrieximbank fuelling Africa’s economic surge – Tony Elumelu

Barbara Bako, Abuja Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has credited the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) with playing a catalytic role in…

Obasanjo: Africa’s lions are not moving as they should

Barbara Bako, Abuja Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that the continent’s leading economies often referred to as its lions are stagnating. Speaking at the 32nd Annual General Meetings of…

Afrieximbank summit: Mene champions digital identity, trade

Barbara Bako, Abuja Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr. Wamkele Mene, has urged African leaders and institutions to prioritize the development of a unified…

Tinubu signs tax reform bills into law

Tinubu signs tax reform bills into law President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday signed into law four tax reform bills—Nigeria Tax Bill, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment)…