Category : Economy
NEC approves amendment to 2022 finance bill
At an extraordinary virtual meeting today, the National Economic Council (NEC) received briefings on the proposed Finance Bill 2022 and resolved to update the draft...
Women Centre empowers 115 female artisans
The National Centre for Women Development, NCWD has empowered and awarded Grade three trade test certificate to 115 female artisans to promote gender inclusiveness in...
Experts advocate local production to boost food security
Experts at the 2022 African Statistics Day in Abuja The need for Nigeria to grow what it consumes to boost food security dominates discussions as...
NBS report reveals 133 million Nigerians are poor
One hundred and thirty-three million Nigerians accounting for 63% of the population are poor. This is contained in the 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional poverty Index, MPI...
Obaseki presents N320.35bn budget estimate
Edo State government has proposed N320.35 billion as budget estimate for the 2023 fiscal year, christened called ‘Budget of Reliance and Transformation’. Governor Godwin Obaseki...
Tax experts canvass adoption of Gender-based budgeting
Executives of Society of Women in Taxation at the retreat The Joint Tax Board, JTB has advocated the adoption of Gender based budgeting as a...
Senate to provide legislative support for ‘new’ Naira
The Senate says it will provide legislative support to the redesign of the country’s upper Naira denominations. The decision followed a motion moved by Senator...
Currency depreciation, energy cost drives inflation in October
The Nation’s inflation has risen to 21.09% in October 2022, on a year–on–year basis, according to figures released by the National Bureau Statistics in its...
Stakeholders adopt behavioral science approach to curb corruption
Stakeholders in the fight against corruption have resolved to adopt behavioral science in ensuring transparency and accountability to address corruption in both private and public...